Fine Roll C 60/28, 13 HENRY III (1228–1229)

Membrane 13

31 Oct. Westminster. For William Brewer. The king has granted to William Brewer that, of the 216 m. which he ought
to have paid to him at Michaelmas in the twelfth year, he may render 116 m. at this
Exchequer of the same Michaelmas, and has given
him respite from rendering the remaining 100 m. until Hilary in the thirteenth
year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to
cause him to have the aforesaid respite of the aforesaid 100 m. Witness J.
bishop of Bath.

2

For the abbot of
Tavistock
. Order to the sheriff of Cornwall to cause the abbot of
Tavistock
to have his scutage from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief, so that he answers the king for it at the Exchequer. Witness as
above.

3

For Nicholas de Girunde. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to distrain the knights and free tenants of
Nicholas de Girunde to render their scutage to Nicholas, namely 2 m. per shield, for the army of Kerry, so that he answers for
it at the Exchequer. Witness as
above.

3 Nov. Westminster. Concerning the custody of the bishopric of London. The king has committed the bishopric of London, vacant by the death of E., former bishop of London, to
Master Henry de Bissopeton
to keep for as long as it pleases the king. Order to the sheriff of Middlesex to cause
Master Henry to have full seisin without delay of all lands, property, rents and all possessions pertaining to the
aforesaid bishopric in his bailiwick, so that the corn and other chattels found in the same
lands are to be kept safely and nothing is to be removed therefrom until the king
orders otherwise. Witness J.
bishop of Bath.

6

Concerning the custody of the bishopric of London. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of
Essex,
Sussex
and
Surrey
. Order to Alexander of Dorset to cause Master Henry to have full seisin without
delay of the aforesaid bishopric, which is in his custody by the king’s order,
with all corn and other chattels found in the same bishopric. If he has taken anything
therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered to him without delay. Witness as
above.

7

[No date].
William of Bere gives the king half a mark for having a writ to warrant a charter before
the justices at Westminster, concerning a tenement in Bere, etc.

8

18 Nov. Westminster. For H. bishop
of Lincoln. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. Order to be of aid to H. bishop
of Lincoln in distraining his knights and other free tenants who hold of him by knight service in his bailiwick to render their scutage to him from their knights’
fees that they hold of him, and which the bishop holds of the king in chief,
namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, for which scutage the bishop will answer by his hand at
the Exchequer.1 Witness the
king.

1.

Henceforth, all writs are witnessed by the king unless
otherwise stated.

9

For H. bishop
of Lincoln. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Leicestershire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire,
Lincolnshire
,
Rutland
,
Nottinghamshire
and
Oxfordshire
.

10

It is written in the same manner for the bishop
of Bath to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire, Somerset and Dorset,
Berkshire
and
Wiltshire
.

11

For the archbishop of York. The archbishop of York has similar letters concerning
his scutage to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire,
Yorkshire
,
Nottinghamshire
,
Gloucestershire
and
Leicestershire
.

12

And the bishop of Durham has similar letters to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire
for collecting his scutage.

13

8 Nov.
Westminster. Concerning the scutage of
the
bishopric of Salisbury
. Order to Master Elias of Dereham and Reginald of Calne, keepers of the
bishopric of Salisbury
, to cause their scutage to be collected by their hand from the knights’ fees which are held in chief of the
bishopric of Salisbury and which the bishops of Salisbury hold of the king in chief,
namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that they are able to
answer at the Exchequer at the king’s command.

14

10 Nov.
Westminster. For Hugh Graundin. The king has granted that, of the 4 m. which are
exacted by summons of the Exchequer from
Hugh Graundin for an amercement made before the justices
last itinerant in Bedfordshire, he
may render 1 m. to the king at Hilary in the thirteenth year, 1 m. at the Close of
Easter next following, and 2 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Bedfordshire to cause Hugh to have that respite.

15

12 Nov.
Westminster. For Robert fitz
Walter. The king has granted to Robert fitz Walter that he may cause his
scutage to be collected by his hand from the knights’
fees he holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of
Kerry, so
that he answers for it at the Exchequer by his hand at the beginning of the
forthcoming Lent in the thirteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk to permit that scutage to be
collected thus and not to distrain Robert by reason
of the aforesaid scutage. He is, however, to be of aid to Robert in distraining his knights and free tenants in his bailiwick to render the aforesaid scutage to
him.

16

For Robert fitz
Walter. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire,
Northamptonshire
, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire,
Sussex
,
Kent
,
Cornwall
and
Middlesex
.

17

For the abbess of
St. Edward
. The abbess of
St. Edward
has similar letters for collecting her scutage and rendering it by
her hand in the octaves of St. Andrew, to the sheriffs of Wiltshire and
Dorset
.

18

Concerning the scutage of
the
bishopric of Salisbury
. The king has assigned Master Elias of Dereham and Reginald of Calne, keepers of the
bishopric of Salisbury
, to collect his scutage from the knights’
fees that are held of the aforesaid bishopric and that the bishops of Salisbury
hold of him in chief etc., so that they answer
the king for it at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of
Surrey to permit that scutage to be
collected thus and to be of aid to them etc.

19

Concerning the scutage of
the
bishopric of Salisbury
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire,
Dorset
,
Wiltshire
and
Berkshire
.

20

11 Nov.
Westminster. Concerning the fine made with the king for corn and other things formerly of the
archbishopric of Canterbury
. To Bertram de Criel and Alan Puignant, keepers of the
archbishopric of Canterbury
. The executors of the testament
of S., former archbishop of Canterbury have made fine
with the king by 300 m. at the execution of the testament of the same archbishop for having all corn of the archbishopric from autumn last
past in the twelfth year that was in grange, haycock, granary, or in another building at Martinmas next following,
and for having the wines and cider that were in the cellar at the same time from the vineyards and gardens of the archbishopric, and for
having all oxen and steers formerly of the aforesaid archbishop, the aforesaid
oxen and steers which Hubert Walter, former archbishop of Canterbury, left
in the archbishopric at his death having been retained, and for having the king’s aid to distrain the debtors of the abovesaid
archbishop, who were bound to him in arrears
of accounts or in other things, to pay the aforesaid debts. They are to render £100 of this fine to
the king at Easter in the thirteenth year and the other £100 at Pentecost in the
same year.1 Order to
deliver the aforesaid corn, wine, cider, oxen and steers to the same executors for the
execution of the said testament, permitting them to dispose of the aforesaid by their
own will. They are also to permit the executors to
have the easement and profit of buildings
throughout the archbishopric for threshing the said corn and for other things
necessary to the execution of the aforesaid testament.

1.

The clause containing the terms is interlined.

21

For Ralph fitz
Nicholas. The king has granted to Ralph fitz Nicholas that he may answer by his
hand at the Exchequer for the 40 m. by which he made fine with the executors of
the testament of E., former bishop of London, for having the daughter of Ralph de Lymesy, who was in the custody of
the aforesaid bishop, in part payment of debts
that the bishop owed to the king. Order to the
executors that, notwithstanding the aforesaid debt, they are to deliver the daughter
to him.

22

13 Nov.
Westminster. For William
Longespée. The king has granted to William Longespée that he may cause his
scutage to be collected by his hand from the knights’
fees he holds of the king in chief of the inheritance of his wife, namely 2 m. per
shield for the army of Kerry, so that he answers for it at the Exchequer by his hand in
the octaves of St Andrew in the thirteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit that scutage to be collected thus and
to be of aid to William in distraining his knights and free tenants in his bailiwick to render
that scutage to him.

23

For William
Longespée. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Dorset and Somerset,
Berkshire
and
Northamptonshire
and the
keeper of the
honour of Wallingford
.

24

For the countess of Salisbury. Ela, countess of Salisbury, has similar letters, concerning answering at the Exchequer at the same term for her
scutage, to the sheriffs of Surrey, Dorset and Somerset,
Wiltshire
and
Gloucestershire
.

25

Concerning distraining the
prior of
Southwick
. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to distrain the
prior of
Southwick
to render to the king the hundredweight of wax that William de
Haverhill and
William le Taillur delivered to him as
a prest of the king’s wax, which was in
Portchester castle
.

26

14 Nov.
Westminster. Concerning the scutage of
the
bishopric of London
. The king has granted to
Henry de Bissopeton, keeper of the
bishopric of London
, that he may cause the king’s scutage to be collected by his hand from the knights’ fees that are held of the aforesaid
bishopric and that the bishops of London hold of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per
shield for the army of Kerry, so that he answers the king at the Exchequer. Order
to the sheriff of Middlesex to permit it to be collected thus and to be of aid
to him in distraining the knights and free tenants of the bishopric to render that scutage to
him.

27

Concerning the scutage of
the
bishopric of London
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Essex and Hertfordshire,
Surrey
,
Sussex
and
Berkshire
.

28

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite the demand he makes
from John Talbot for suits of the county
and aid of the sheriff, until it has been
discussed with the king.

29

1 Oct.
Kerry Vale. Concerning the remainder of a certain debt in which the archbishop of Canterbury was bound to the king. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the petition of the king’s beloved and faithful
William de St.
John and William of
Eynsford, the king has granted
them that, upon that which is in arrears of the 600
m. which S., of good memory archbishop of Canterbury, owed
the king, and for which, at the petition of William of Eynsford, the king betook
himself to the same for the aforesaid archbishop, he will betake himself to William de
St. John for William of Eynsford, so that William de
St. John will answer the king for the remainder of the aforesaid debt of 600 m. at
the Exchequer by the plevin of the king’s
beloved and faithful
H.
de Burgh, earl of Kent, justiciar
, at the terms assigned to William of
Eynsford. Order to cause this to be enrolled thus and
observed.1

1.

Place of witness corrected from ‘Westminster’.

30

[No date].
Oxfordshire. The men of Oxford give the king 50 m. for having his grace and for having their vill again,
which was taken into the king’s hand.

31

For the bishop of Norwich. The bishop of Norwich has letters of
the king’s grant that he may collect scutage etc. by his hand from those which
are held of him and which he holds of the king in chief, so that he answers the king in the octaves of Hilary. And this
is directed to the sheriff of Norfolk.

32

Concerning the scutage of
Stephen de Mesnil. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause Bertram de Criel and Alan Puignant, keepers of the
archbishopric of Canterbury
, to have scutage from the knights’ fees that Stephen de Mesnil holds in
chief of the aforesaid archbishopric, namely 2 m. per shield etc., so that they answer for it at the Exchequer by their hand.

33

For H. bishop of Rochester. To the sheriff of Gloucestershire. The king
has granted to H. bishop of Rochester that he may collect his scutage by his hand
from the knights’ fees that are held of him and
that he holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield, so that he answers for it by his hand at the Exchequer in the octaves
of Hilary in the thirteenth year. Order to permit that scutage to be collected
thus and to be of aid etc.

34

For H. bishop of Rochester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Warwickshire
,
Suffolk
,
Cambridgeshire
and
Kent
.

35

For the bishop of Coventry, concerning his scutage. The bishop of Coventry has similar letters for answering for scutage at the same
term, to the sheriffs of Staffordshire and Shropshire,
Warwickshire
and
Derbyshire
.

36

18 Nov.
Westminster. Concerning the custody of the land
and heir of William Paynel. To the sheriff of Devon. The king has granted the custody of the land and heir of
William Paynel to
Herbert son of Matthew, with the
marriage of the same heir, so that Herbert answers the
king at the Exchequer for the debt which William
owed the king at the same terms at which he was
bound to render that debt. Order that,
having accepted security from Herbert for rendering that debt to the king at the
aforesaid terms, as aforesaid, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the manors of Bampton and Uffculme
formerly of William, saving to
Alice, who was William’s
wife
, her corn that she caused to be sown in the
aforesaid manors, and saving to the same Alice that which pertains to her in the name
of dower from the aforesaid manors.

37

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Somerset, concerning
the
manor of Huntspill
.

38

[No date].
For Robert of Lexington. Robert of
Lexington has licence to collect
scutage by his hand from the knights’ fees he holds
in
soke of Gayton
, which is in his hand by bail of the
king, so that he answers by his hand at the Exchequer
in the octaves of Hilary in the thirteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to permit it to be collected thus.

39

For the countess of Winchester. To the sheriff of Northamptonshire. The
king has pardoned to Margaret, countess of Winchester, the
third part of her scutage from the knights’ fees
she holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, excepting the scutage of knights who hold of her and who have letters of quittance for their scutage from the
king. The king has also granted to the
countess that she may cause two thirds of the same scutage to be collected by her
hand, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that she answers by her
hand for it at the Exchequer in the octaves of St. Andrew in the thirteenth
year. Order to cause her to have the third part of the aforesaid scutage of the
king’s gift and to permit the two thirds to be collected by her hand, as aforesaid,
and to be of aid to the countess in distraining her
knights and other free tenants in his bailiwick to render their scutage to her.

40

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Gloucestershire,
Hertfordshire
,
Lincolnshire
,
Wiltshire
, Leicestershire and Warwickshire,
Dorset
,
Oxfordshire
,
Sussex
and
Berkshire
.

Membrane 13d.

[No date].
J. bishop of Bath has remitted and quitclaimed to the king and his heirs the toll of all men holding of the fees of the same
bishop, the abbot and monks of
Glastonbury
, the dean and canons of Wells, and the prior and monks of
Bath
and their successors, who do not hold of any of them in chief,
which toll the king had granted to the same bishop and his successors and had confirmed by his charter before the
completion of his twenty-first year. The king has granted to him and has confirmed anew by his charter all liberties
and grants that he had made to him before the aforesaid time, namely that the king
made on 15 May in this the thirteenth year of his reign and the twenty-second year of
his life.

Membrane 12

[No date].
For the countess of Oxford. The king has granted to Isabella, countess of Oxford, that she may cause her scutage to be
collected by her hand from the knights’ fees she
holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that she
answers for it by her hand at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary. Order to
the sheriff of Northamptonshire to permit the aforesaid scutage to be
collected thus and to be of aid to her in distraining her knights and free tenants to
render it to her. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, Suffolk and Norfolk and Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

43

[No date].
For the abbot of
Abingdon
. The abbot of
Abingdon
has similar letters, concerning
collecting his scutage by his hand and rendering it at the Exchequer in the octaves of
Hilary, to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire,
Berkshire
and
Warwickshire
.

44

[No date].
For the bishop of Ely. The bishop of Ely1 has similar letters,
concerning collecting his scutage and rendering it in the octaves of Hilary, to the
sheriffs of Essex,
Hertfordshire
, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Norfolk and Suffolk.2

1.

Corrected from ‘the prior of
Coventry
’.

2.

Corrected from ‘the sheriffs of Warwickshire,
Leicestershire
and
Gloucestershire
’.

45

[No date].
For Hugh Wake. Hugh Wake has similar letters, concerning collecting his scutage by his hand, to be
rendered at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary, to the sheriffs of Huntingdonshire,
Northamptonshire
,
Buckinghamshire
,
Hertfordshire
,
Lincolnshire
and
Rutland
.

46

[No date].
For the
wife of Richard de Redvers
.
Matilda, who was the wife of Richard
de Redvers
, has similar letters, concerning collecting
her scutage by her hand and rendering it at the Exchequer by her hand in the octaves
of Hilary, to the sheriff of Essex.

47

For the men of Bridport. The king has granted to the men of Bridport that they may have their vill of Bridport in their hand to answer for the farm of the same vill by their hand at the Exchequer for as long as [it
pleases] the king. Order to the sheriff of
Dorset to deliver that vill to the
aforesaid men, as aforesaid. And they give the king 10 m. for having their vill thus.

48

24 Nov.
Westminster. For the
wife of Gwenwynwyn
. The king has granted
Margaret, who was the wife of
Gwenwynwyn
, that she may have and hold in her hand two thirds of the
manor of Ashford
from Michaelmas in the twelfth year until Michaelmas in the thirteenth year by
rendering £20 at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £10 at Easter in the thirteenth
year and £10 at Michaelmas in the same year. The king
has also pardoned Margaret the 100s. that she owed for the arrears of the farm of the same manor from Easter term in the
twelfth year. And the king has further granted
her that, of the £15 which she owes him for the arrears of the same farm from
Michaelmas term in the twelfth year, she may render £7 10s. at this Exchequer of
Michaelmas in the twelfth year and £7 10s. at Hilary in the thirteenth year.
Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus and to cause
Margaret to be quit of the aforesaid 100s.

49

Suffolk. William of Newton gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in
Gorleston. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk etc.

50

[No date].
For the abbot of
Peterborough
. The king has granted [his letters] to the abbot of
Peterborough
, concerning collecting his scutage by his hand, answering for it at the Exchequer by his hand in the
octaves of Hilary, to the sheriffs of Nottinghamshire,
Huntingdonshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Lincolnshire
and Warwickshire
and Leicestershire.

51

28 Nov.
Westminster. For Master Walter de
Cantilupe. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted that, of the £100
which Master Walter de Cantilupe owes him of
the prest of 200 m. made to him when he set out towards the Roman Curia on the king’s embassy, he may render 50 m. at
Easter in the thirteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at
Christmas in the fourteenth year. Order to
cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

52

For William de Cantilupe. To the same. The
king has pardoned to William de Cantilupe senior the 40 m.
which are exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer for the divers amercements in
which he was amerced in the eyre of the king’s
justices. The king has also granted to William
that, of the 100 m. which are exacted from him for the prest made to him in the time of King John, father of the king, when he set out towards Germany on an embassy of the king’s father, he may render 10 m.
per annum, namely 5 m. at Easter and 5 m. at Michaelmas, and 10 m. thus from year to
year at the aforesaid terms until the aforesaid 100 m. are paid to the king.
Order to cause him to be quit of the aforesaid 40 m. and to cause it to be done and enrolled concerning the aforesaid 100
m., as aforesaid.

53

For the
wife of Richard de Redvers
. To the sheriff of Cambridgeshire. The king
has granted to
Matilda, who was the wife of
Richard de Redvers
, that she may cause her scutage to be collected by her hand from the knights’ fees that are held of her and that she holds
of the king in chief in his bailiwick, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of
Kerry, so
that she answers for it by her hand at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary next
forthcoming in the thirteenth year. Order to permit the aforesaid scutage to be
collected thus and to be of aid to Matilda in distraining her knights and free tenants in
his bailiwick to render the aforesaid scutage to her.

54

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire and
Suffolk
.

55

For the prior of
Coventry
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Northamptonshire,
Gloucestershire
, and Warwickshire
and Leicestershire for the
prior of
Coventry
, concerning collecting his scutage.

56

For the bishop of
Hereford. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Worcestershire and
Herefordshire
for the bishop of Hereford, concerning collecting his scutage, answering at the Exchequer whenever the king will order.

57

For the bishop of Worcester. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire,
Gloucestershire
and
Worcestershire
for the bishop of Worcester,
concerning collecting his scutage, answering by his
hand at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary.

58a

For the countess of Eu. To the sheriff of Nottinghamshire. The king
has granted to Alice, countess of Eu, that she may cause her scutage to be
collected by her hand from the knights’ fees she
holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, so that she renders her scutage
from all of the same knights’ fees from which she owes service at the Exchequer at
Hilary in the thirteenth year, and, from the remainder which are held of her, she is
to render the third part of the same scutage to the king at the same term, namely 2 m.
per shield, except for the scutage that the king granted to others of the fees that
are held of her and that she holds of the king in chief, from whom the sheriff has
received the king’s letters. Order to permit the
scutage of the same to be collected by her, as aforesaid.

58b

For the countess of Eu. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Yorkshire,
Leicestershire
,
Sussex
and
Kent
.

59

28 Nov.
Westminster. For Payn de Chaworth. To the barons of the Exchequer. It has been
attested before the king that his beloved and faithful Payn de Chaworth is not the heir
of Hugh de Chaworth and he does not hold any lands formerly of the same
Hugh in Toddington or elsewhere in England, which lands
Hugh mortgaged to
Avegaya the Jewess of London
for £400, which were exacted from Payn at the Exchequer as Hugh’s heir.
Order to cause Payn to be extracted from the rolls
for the same debt and to cause those who held
the land of Hugh, both in Toddington and elsewhere in England, to be enrolled in the
rolls of the Exchequer and distrained for that
debt.

60

29 Nov.
Westminster. For Isaac of Felmingham. William, son of Isaac of Felmingham, has made fine with the king by
100s. for his relief of one carucate of land that
Isaac held of the king in chief in Felmingham
and Beckham, which falls to William by
hereditary right, and the king has taken his homage herein. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take
security from him for rendering that relief to the
king and to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid land with its
appurtenances.

61

For Robert of Dean. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned 20 m. of the 40 m. by which
Robert of Dean made fine with him so
that he would not have been disseised without judgement of land in Westdean with appurtenances formerly of his mother, which falls to him by
inheritance and of which he was seised for some time before the death of his mother,
and which was later taken into the king’s hand by
reason of the dispute that arose between Nicholas
Haringod and Sibyl, his
wife, and the aforesaid Robert, and a moiety of which land Robert recovered
against Nicholas and Sibyl through a [final] concord
made between them in the king’s court, and has granted that, of the remaining 20 m.,
he may render 10 m. at Easter in the thirteenth year
and 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to cause Robert to be quit of
the aforesaid 20 m. and to permit him to have the aforesaid terms for the other 20 m.,
as aforesaid.

62

2 Dec.
Westminster. For Nigel de Mowbray. The king has granted to Nigel de Mowbray that he may collect his scutage by his hand from
the knights’ fees that are held of him and that he
holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that he
answers for it at the Exchequer, namely for one moiety at the Purification of
the Blessed Mary in the thirteenth year and the other moiety at Mid-Lent in the same
year. Order to the sheriff of Essex to permit that scutage to be collected thus and to be of
aid to him in distraining his knights and free tenants to render the aforesaid scutage to him.

63

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire,
Kent
,
Warwickshire
,
Leicestershire
,
Nottinghamshire
,
Lincolnshire
,
Yorkshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Oxfordshire
, and
Sussex
.

64

[No date].
For the bishop of Durham. R. bishop of Durham has similar letters, concerning collecting his scutage by his hand from the knights’ fees that the son and heir of William de
Cahaignes, who is in
his custody, holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of
Kerry, so that he
answers at Hilary, to the sheriffs of
Sussex,
Dorset
,
Oxfordshire
,
Wiltshire
, and
Gloucestershire
.

65

[No date].
For the bishop of Chichester. The king has granted to
R. bishop of Chichester, his chancellor
, that he may collect his scutage by his hand from knights’ fees and the free tenants who hold by knight service from Thomas de Lacelles, who is in the custody
of the same bishop, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that he
answers at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriffs of Hampshire,
Surrey
,
Buckinghamshire
and
Middlesex
that …1

1.

Entry unfinished.

66

For the bishop of Chichester. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to distrain the
knights and free tenants of Thomas de Lacelles, who hold of him by knight service in his bailiwick, to render their
scutage, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, to
R. bishop of Chichester, chancellor
, keeper of the same Thomas, so that
he answers at the Exchequer.

67

For the
bishop of Chichester
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Hampshire.

68

For Ralph Pirot. The king has granted to Ralph Pirot that he may cause his scutage to be
collected by his hand from the knights’ fees he
holds of the king in chief, so that he answers
the king for it at the Exchequer in the octaves of Hilary in the thirteenth
year. Order to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and
Essex
to permit it to be collected thus.

69

4 Dec.
Westminster. Concerning the scutage of
the bishop of Winchester. The bailiffs
of P. bishop of Winchester have letters that they may cause his scutage of Kerry to be collected from the knights’
fees he holds of the king in chief, namely 2 m. per shield etc., so that they answer at the Exchequer at Hilary in 15
days. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit this scutage to be collected thus. If he
has taken anything therefrom, he is to cause it to be rendered to them without delay.
And he is to be of aid etc. in distraining
etc. as above.

70

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Oxfordshire
,
Berkshire
,
Surrey
,
Hampshire
and
Wiltshire
.

71

For Margaret de
Redvers. Margaret de Redvers has similar letters, concerning collecting her scutage by her hand and
rendering it at the Exchequer at Hilary in 15 days, in the counties of Wiltshire, Dorset,
Kent, Devon,
Sussex, Oxfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Bedfordshire,
Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

72

5 Dec.
Westminster. For Jocelin of Wye. To the sheriff of Kent. Order to place in respite, until 15 days from Hilary in the
thirteenth year, the demand of 9s. 5d. that he makes from Jocelin of Wye by
summons of the Exchequer for the arrears of his
account.

73

Concerning the vill of Alton. To the sheriff of Hampshire. The king
granted his vill of Alton, with the
in-hundred
and the
out-hundred
and all other appurtenances except the farm of Walter of Bere and the
wood of Alice Holt
and the issues of the same wood, to Nicholas de Molendinis, Laurence de
Huges and Robert Wyard, to have and hold at farm for three
years from Michaelmas in the twelfth year for £85 numero, to
be rendered at the Exchequer each year by their hand, namely one moiety at Easter and
the other moiety at Michaelmas. Order to cause them to
have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid vill with the aforesaid hundreds and
all other appurtenances, except the farm of Walter of Bere and the wood of
Alice Holt and the issues of the same wood, as aforesaid. If either he or his bailiffs have taken anything after Michaelmas
aforesaid in the twelfth year, he is to cause it be rendered to them without delay,
and in the meantime he is in no way to
intermeddle.

74

[No date].
Concerning the fine of
Thomas de Arderne. Thomas de Arderne has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having his licence that he might enclose his
wood of Messing
freely and without impediment and thus create a park. Order to Hugh de
Neville to permit this to be done
thus.

Membrane 11

[No date].
Concerning the debt that Elias
Goldsmith of London owes the king. Memorandum that the king has granted to
Elias Goldsmith of London that he may render the £29 he owes him for the
arrears of the exchange of
London from the time at which he was the moneyer of the same exchange within four years, namely £7 5s.
each year, and he is to begin to render them at the next Michaelmas after the
keepers of the exchange have rendered their account.

77

13 Dec.
Westminster. For the prior of
Holy Trinity,
Canterbury
. Order to Bertram de Criel and Alan Puignant to place in respite, until one
month from Hilary in the thirteenth year, the demand they make by summons of the Exchequer from the prior of
Holy Trinity,
Canterbury
, the doorkeeper of the church of Holy
Trinity, and the doorkeeper of the court of the
same priory, for performing the oath of fealty to the king.

78

For the prior of
Holy Trinity,
Canterbury
. Order to Bertram de Criel and Alan Puignant to place in respite, until
Hilary, the demand they make from the prior and monks of
Canterbury
for the gifts (exenniis) that they exact from
their manors to the king’s use.

79

Concerning the manor of Stepney. The king has committed the manor of Stepney to
the bishop of Carlisle to have for as long as the
bishopric of London
will be in the king’s hand, so that he
answers for it at the Exchequer. Order to
Master Henry de Bissopeton’
to deliver that manor to him, as aforesaid.

80

For the countess of Oxford. Order to the sheriff of Essex to distrain
Isabella, countess of Oxford, to render her scutage to the bishop of Carlisle from the knights’
fees she holds of the
honour of Cheshunt
, namely 2 m. per shield for the army of Kerry, so that he may answer for it at the
Exchequer.

81

22 Dec.
Reading. Concerning the bishopric of
Ely. The king has committed the bishopric of Ely,
vacant by the death of G.,
former bishop of Ely, to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Matthew Christian, to keep for as long
as it pleases the king. Order to them to intend diligently to the aforesaid
custody. They are to cause the corn, property and
all moveables formerly of the same bishop to be
kept safely, so that nothing is removed therefrom until they have come to the king and
discussed this with him. When they have ordained for the custody of the aforesaid,
they are not to delay to come to the king.

82

Concerning the bishopric of
Ely. Order to the sheriffs of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and
Suffolk, and Essex and Hertfordshire to cause them to have
full seisin of all lands, property, rents and
tenements pertaining to the aforesaid bishopric, and not to intermeddle with the chattels formerly of the same bishop.

83

Concerning the bishopric of
Ely. Order to all men of the aforesaid
bishopric
by letters patent to be intendant and
respondent, as aforesaid.

84

25 Dec.
Oxford. Concerning tallage to be
assessed in the manors of the
bishoprics of London
and Salisbury and in the
archbishopric of Canterbury
. Order to
Master H. de Bissopeton’, keeper of the
bishopric of London
, to cause reasonable tallage to be assessed to the king’s use in the manors of the bishopric of London, which is in
his custody, without delay.

85

Concerning tallage to be
assessed in the manors of the
bishoprics of London
and Salisbury and in the
archbishopric of Canterbury
. It is written in the same manner to Bertram de Criel and Alan Puignant, keepers of the
archbishopric of
Canterbury
, concerning assessing tallage in the manors of the same archbishopric.

86

Concerning tallage to be
assessed in the manors of the
bishoprics of London
and Salisbury and in the
archbishopric of Canterbury
. It is written in the same manner to Master Elias of Dereham and Reginald of Calne, concerning assessing tallage in the manors of the bishopric of Salisbury.

87

4 Feb.
Westminster.
It is written in the same manner to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Matthew Christian, keepers of the
bishopric of Ely
, concerning assessing tallage in the manors of the same bishopric.1

1.

This entry is squeezed in between
the two surrounding it and has clearly been added some time later.

88

Concerning the account of the
sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire. The king has given respite to the sheriff of Staffordshire and Shropshire from rendering his account until the octaves of
the Purification. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

89

Concerning the land formerly of William Malconduit. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to take into the king’s hand the land that
William Malconduit holds in
Harlaxton and Belton in the
soke of Grantham
, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

90

[No date].
For Geoffrey de Armenters. The king has placed in respite, until Easter next
following, the 25 m. that Geoffrey de
Armenters ought to
have rendered to him at Hilary in the thirteenth year of the fine of £100 which
he made with the king for having the liberty that he be
not put on assizes, and he has given him respite from the 50 m that he ought to
have rendered at the same term of Easter of the same fine until the Nativity of St.
John the Baptist next following in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have this
respite.1 It is to be known that if the king
has the use of it,2 it is not to be
discharged, but Geoffrey is to be distrained to
render the aforesaid debt first.

1.

The next few words of the remainder of this entry are added in a
darker ink, presumably at a later date.

2.

‘from the rest of the debt of £100, he is to betake himself to
the aforesaid Geoffrey …’ originally closed this entry, but it is now crossed
through and superseded by an addition in another fresh hand.

91

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place
in respite, until upon his account at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, the demand
he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
William de Vescy for the debt that William de Valognes owed the king, because certain land that
William held of the aforesaid William de Vescy is in his hand.

92

For Adam of Kellet. Adam of Kellet has made fine with the king by 10 m.
for having seisin of the land that Orm of Kellet, his father, held of the king in chief by sergeanty and that falls to Adam by
hereditary right
, and the king has taken his homage herein.
Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that,
having accepted security from him for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he
is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land that Orm held of the
king in chief in his bailiwick and that falls to Adam by hereditary right.

93

For Adam of Kellet. Order to the abbot of
Furness
to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid sergeanty.

94

Concerning the land formerly of Walter de Chauncy. The king considers it pleasing and acceptable that the sheriff of Yorkshire took the land formerly of Walter
de Chauncy, who is dead
and held of him in chief, into his hand. Order to him to keep the same safely
until the king orders otherwise.

95

[No date].
For the abbot of
Abingdon
. The abbot of
Abingdon
has respite, until one month from Hilary, from answering at the Exchequer for the scutage of Kerry, for which he first had a term in the octaves
of Hilary. Order to the barons etc.

96

11 Jan.
Wallingford. For the earl of Ferrers. The king has prorogued for 15 days the day
prescribed by the barons of the Exchequer to
William de Ferrers, earl of
Derby, in the octaves of Hilary to answer
the king for his debts that are exacted from
him by summons of the Exchequer, because the
king has sent the earl into Wales in his service.
The barons of the Exchequer are ordered thus.

97

13 Jan.
Bisham. Concerning the sixteenth and
the fifteenth of the
bishopric of Ely
. Order to R. sacrist of
Ely
to deliver the money from the sixteenth and fifteenth, which G.,
former bishop of Ely, deposited with him, to Thomas of Ingoldisthorpe and Matthew Christian, so that they answer the king for it at the Exchequer.

98

25 Jan.
Westminster. Concerning the tallage of
Ipswich. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned up to £20 of the tallage last
assessed upon the vill of Ipswich, namely
£37 3s. 11d.
Order to cause this to be enrolled thus.

99

27 Jan.
Westminster. For the monks of
Holy Trinity,
Canterbury
. The king has pardoned 40 m. of the 100 m. which is
exacted from the prior and monks of
Holy Trinity,
Canterbury
for the amercement made before
the king in the eyre of the justices who lately
itinerated in Buckinghamshire. Order to the
sheriff of Kent that, having
accepted security from the prior and monks for rendering the remaining 60 m. to the
king at Mid-Lent in the thirteenth year, he is to permit them to have peace from the
aforesaid 40 m.

100

Concerning the king’s demesne
lands to be tallaged in Lancaster. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that, having taken with him Roger Gernet and Geoffrey Crossbowman, he is to cause all of the king’s thanes
(theinis) of his county to be tallaged in their presence, and, having taken diligent inquisition concerning those who are called
Westereis
by what right each of them holds their tenements, he is to cause them to
be tallaged in the same manner that they ought and are accustomed to be.

101

30 Jan.
Westminster. For Geoffrey de Lucy, concerning the manor of Titchfield. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed his manor of Titchfield to his beloved and faithful Geoffrey de Lucy to hold at farm for one year, namely for one
year from the Purification of the Blessed Mary in the thirteenth year, rendering £15
to the king. This the king causes them to know.

102

29 Jan.
Stratford. For Eustace de la Val. The king has taken the homage of Eustace de la
Val for the two knights’
fees that Gilbert de la Val, his father, held of the king
in chief in Callerton,
Dissington and Seaton, which fall to Eustace by hereditary right.
Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, having accepted security from
Eustace for rendering £10 to the king’s use for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the aforesaid knights’
fees with their appurtenances without delay.

103

Stratford. For the abbess of
Barking
. The abbess of
Barking
has made fine with the king by 20 m. for having licence to cultivate and enclose by a low hay and a small ditch, so that deer may enter and leave, her assart that she made in the
wood of Ginges
at the time when this wood was disafforested by a perambulation of the
forest, which assart contains an estimated 72 acres at the king’s perch, so that she is to make no waste of wood within this
close, and the buildings that she built there at the aforesaid time are to
remain, saving the king his regard. Order to
Hugh
de Neville
to permit the abbess to cultivate and enclose the aforesaid assart and the
aforesaid buildings to remain, as aforesaid.

104

Concerning taking the barony of the abbot of
St. Albans
into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to take into the king’s hand the barony of the abbot of
St. Albans
and to keep it safely in his hand until the king orders
otherwise. In the meantime, he is also to hold no liberty or permit any to be held.

105

31 Jan. […] For Ralph de
Chenduit. Ralph, son of Ralph de Chenduit, has made fine with the king by 55 m.
for his relief of eleven knights’ fees of the small fee (de parvo feodo), and
the king has taken his homage1
for the lands that Ralph de Chenduit, his father, held of the
honour of Berkhamsted
in chief and that fall to him by hereditary right.2
Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire that, having accepted security from the
same Ralph for rendering the aforesaid 55 m. to the king at four terms, namely 13 m. 10s. at Easter in the thirteenth year, 13
m. 10s. at St. John the Baptist in the same year, 13 m. 10s. at Michaelmas in the
same year, and 13 m. 10s. at Christmas in the fourteenth year, he is to cause
him to have full seisin without delay of all lands formerly of the aforesaid Ralph,
his father, in his bailiwick. Once he has accepted security for the aforesaid
relief, he is to cause the sheriff of Northamptonshire to know this, to whom the king has
commanded that after he has certified him of this, he is to cause Ralph to have full
seisin of all lands that fall to him by hereditary right in his bailiwick.3

1.

‘… by 55 m. …
his homage …’ interlined and corrected from simply ‘for having the lands …’

2.

‘And the king has taken
his homage’ crossed through.

3.

Place
of witness not given.

106

For Ralph de
Chenduit. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that after the sheriff of
Herefordshire1 signifies to him that Ralph son of Ralph will give him surety
for rendering his relief, he is to cause the same Ralph to have full seisin of all
lands that fall to him by hereditary right, which Ralph de Chenduit held in chief of
the honour of Berkhamsted.

1.

Sic. Recte ‘
Hertfordshire
’.

107

2 April.
Marlborough. For the abbot of
Malmesbury
. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that since the abbot of
Malmesbury
has made fine with the king by 20 m., to be rendered within two years of Michaelmas in the twelfth
year,1
by which no sheriff of Wiltshire, for two years from
Michaelmas in the twelfth year, is to enter into the manor of Malmesbury, which the abbot holds from the king at farm by the charter2 of King John, father of the
king, or into the
hundred
pertaining to the manor, in order to hold pleas there or to make the sheriff’s tourn,
he is not to enter into the aforesaid manor, as aforesaid, in order to do anything
that pertains to the sheriff in the same manor or hundreds, and not to put his hand upon the manor in the meantime.3

1.

Term interlined.

2.

Corrected from ‘by bail …’

3.

The
original date for this entry is ‘28 January’, but it has clearly been amended, the
final clause concerning prohibition of the sheriff intermeddling and the new dating
clause having been added in the same hand as the other alterations.

108

For the abbot of
Malmesbury
. These letters are patent. Order to the knights and free men staying within
the aforesaid
hundreds
to be intendant and respondent concerning that which pertains to the sheriff from the aforesaid hundreds.

Membrane 10

12 Feb.
Waltham. Concerning keeping the
abbey of Leicester
. The king has committed the vacant
abbey of Leicester
to Stephen of Seagrave to keep for as long as it pleases the king.
Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to cause him to have full seisin of all
lands pertaining to that abbey in his bailiwick.

110

Concerning keeping the
abbey of Leicester
. These letters were patent. Order to the knights, free men and others
holding of the same abbey to be intendant and respondent to him etc.

111

Concerning placing in respite
the demand for scutage from the bishop of Rochester. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to place in respite the
scutage that he exacts by order of the king from the demesne lands of the bishop of Rochester in his bailiwick for the army of Kerry, until the return of the same bishop from the
Roman Curia, and to distrain the knights and free
tenants of the same bishop to render that scutage to his bailiffs to the king’s use, as he has been ordered at other
times.

112

Concerning placing the demand
for scutage from the bishop of Rochester in respite. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs
of Suffolk and
Gloucestershire
.

113

Concerning taking the lands of
William de Vescy into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northumberland that, immediately after having viewed
these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand
all the land of William de Vescy in his bailiwick, with all property
and chattels found therein, and to keep them
safely until the king orders otherwise.

114

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Yorkshire.

115

Concerning taking etc. the lands of
William Mauduit. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire, concerning taking etc. the land of
William Mauduit.

116

And to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire and
Cumberland
concerning the land of Roger de Quincy.

117

And to the sheriff of Northamptonshire concerning the land of John of Scotland.

118

For Reginald Basset. The king has granted that, of the 4 m. 8s. which
Reginald Basset ought to have paid to
David the Jew of Oxford
at Michaelmas in the twelfth year, of the 16 m. 5s. that he ought to have
paid to the same Jew at Easter in the thirteenth year, and of the 16 m. 5s. which he
ought to have paid to him at Michaelmas in the same year, Reginald may render a moiety to the king for the same Jew in the debt
that he owes the king at Easter aforesaid in the thirteenth year and the other
moiety at Michaelmas aforesaid in the same year. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of
the Jews to cause this to be done and enrolled thus, writing on the king’s
behalf to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Reginald
for rendering the aforesaid monies at the aforesaid terms, then he is to permit him
to have peace therefrom.

119

6 Feb.
Waltham. For delivering the knights accused of trespass of the forest from the
gaol of the Fleet
. To the
keeper of the
gaol of the Fleet
. Godfrey de Scudamore,
Alexander of Cheverell and William
Bastard, taken and detained in the king’s prison of the Fleet for trespass of the forest, have made fine
with the king for themselves and their men accused of the same trespass for their delivery. Order to deliver the
same and their men from prison.

120

Concerning the fine of
Godfrey de Scudamore and his associates, trespassers of the forest. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire that since Godfrey de Scudamore, Alexander of Cheverell and William
Bastard, who were taken and detained in the
gaol of the Fleet
for trespass of the king’s forest, have
made fine with the king by 50 m. for themselves and their men accused of the same
trespass for their delivery and for that
of their aforesaid men, and that, having accepted security from Godfrey, Alexander and
William for rendering the aforesaid 50 m. to the king, he is to cause them to have full seisin of their lands and chattels in his bailiwick and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know the names of their
pledges, who they will find for rendering the
aforesaid fine.

121

Concerning making the king’s advantage from wines. Order to William fitz Warin to make
the king’s advantage from three tuns of wine that
are in his custody in
Rockingham castle
, and to render the monies thus arising at the Exchequer in the octaves of the
Close of Easter.

122

[No date].
Concerning the fine of the
abbot of
Barlings
. The abbot of
Barlings
has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having his confirmation of the lands, tenements, possessions and
liberties which King Henry, the king’s
grandfather, and King John, granted them by their charters, and similarly for confirmation of lands that he has of the
gift of others, as their charters reasonably testify.

123

[No date].
Concerning the fine of the
abbot of Darley
. The
abbot of Darley
has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having
his confirmation of the lands, tenements, possessions and liberties which King Henry, the king’s
grandfather, granted them by his charters and confirmed, together with the lands he has of the gift of
others, as their charters they have reasonably attest.

124

[No date].
The fine of Thurstan Despenser. Thurstan Despenser has made fine with
the king by 10 m. for having his confirmation of the
lands of Worthy and Stanley, which King Henry, the king’s
grandfather, gave to Walter,
uncle of the aforesaid Thurstan, whose
heir he is, by his charter that he
has.

125

[No date].
The fine of the burgesses of Leicester. The burgesses of Leicester have made fine by 100s. so that they might have the king’s charter
for having a fair at
Leicester for 15 days from the morrow of the Purification of the
Blessed Mary, which used to be held there for 15 days from the eve of St. Peter
in Chains by his charter which he made for them.

126

13 Feb.
Westminster. For the elect of
Salisbury
. To Master Elias of Dereham and Reginald of Calne, keepers of the
bishopric of Salisbury
. The king has shown his assent and favour
to the confirmation lately made by the Pope of Master R. of Bingham as bishop of Salisbury. Order to cause him to have full seisin of all lands, property, rents, and all possessions pertaining to the same
bishopric, saving to the king all things that pertain to him from the same
bishopric from the time at which they received custody by his order.

127

For the elect of
Salisbury
. Letters patent. Order to the knights and free men holding of the
same
bishopric
to be intendant and respondent to him as their lord.

128

12 Feb.
Westminster. Lancaster. William Russell gives the king 5 m. for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin against J. constable of
Chester, concerning a tenement in North
Meols. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster etc.

129

Concerning the amercements of the
bishopric of Ely
. Order to the sheriff of Essex and
Hertfordshire to permit the
keepers of the
bishopric of Ely
to collect the amercements of the men of
the aforesaid bishopric pertaining to the eyre of the
justices in his bailiwick, so that they answer
by their hand upon his next account at the Exchequer.

130

Concerning the scutage of the
bishopric of Ely
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk that he should distrain all knights and other
free tenants who hold by knight service of the
same bishopric to render their scutage to the
keepers of the
same bishopric
to the king’s use, namely 2 m. per shield for the king’s army of Kerry, for which scutage the aforesaid keepers will answer
by their hand at the Exchequer.

131

[No date].
Suffolk. Richard Peche gives half a mark for having a pone against
Walter de Lideware and Matilda, his wife, concerning land in Kettlebaston. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk to take security etc.

132

[No date].
Bedfordshire. Henry fitz Gerold gives 100s. for having a market each week on Fridays at Campton in the place which is called ‘Shefford’, unless etc. And he has the king’s charter.

133

18 Feb.
Westminster. For William de
Plukenay. To the sheriff of Berkshire. At the instance of Josceus de Plukenay, who made known to the king by his letters patent concerning taking the homage of William de Plukenay, his
son, as his heir for all land that
Josceus holds of the king in chief, the king has taken the homage of William for all
of the aforesaid land. Order that, having accepted
security from William for rendering his relief to
the king, he is to cause him to have seisin of all land that Josceus held of the
king in his bailiwick, saving, however, seisin to Josceus of all of the
aforesaid land in his lifetime.

134

[No date].
The fine of the prior of
Bromholm
. The prior and monks of
Bromholm
have made fine with the king by 10 m. for having his charter for having a
fair
and a
market
at Bromholm, and for having confirmation of the lands, tenements and other things which
have been reasonably bestowed upon them as the charters of their donors attest.

135

[No date].
The fine of the men of
Norwich. The men of Norwich give the king 30 m. for having his confirmation of the liberties that
they have by the charters of King Henry, his
grandfather, King Richard, his uncle, and King John, his
father.

136

[No date].
For Robert Achard. Robert Achard gives the king 100s. for having his confirmation of the charter of
King Henry,
grandfather of King
Henry, grandfather of the king, concerning certain
lands that he holds, as the aforesaid charter and
the confirmation of the aforesaid King Henry, grandfather of the king, reasonably
attest.

137

[No date].
The fine of the men of
Marlborough. The men of Marlborough give 10 m. for having a fair at Marlborough each year in the place called ‘Neuland’ to last for four days, namely the eve
and feast of Martinmas and the two days following, and for having confirmation of the charter of King John concerning
certain liberties, as is more fully contained
in the aforesaid confirmation.

138

[No date].
The fine of the
abbot of
Langley
. The abbot of
Langley
gives the king 100s. for
having his confirmation of a charter of liberties of King John,
father of the king, as is more fully contained in the aforesaid
confirmation.

139

[No date].
The fine of the men of
Oxford. The men of Oxford have made fine with the
king1 by £100 for having his charter concerning a certain house with appurtenances in the vill of Oxford, formerly of
Mosse, son of Isaac the Jew
, which is in between the houses formerly of Adam
Vintner and David the Jew, for
holding the king’s pleas in the same house
forever, saving to the lords of the fee their annual rent due to them, and for having the king’s charter for having a guild merchant and other liberties and quittances in their vill, which are more fully
contained in the aforesaid charter. They are to render 50 m. of the same £100 to the king at
Easter in the thirteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 50 m. at
Hilary in the fourteenth year.2

1.

Corrected by expunging ‘give’.

2.

It is possible from the tone of the ink
that the terms have been added later.

140

23 Feb.
Westminster. Concerning the chattels
formerly of Russell de St. Maxence. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to cause all
chattels formerly of Russell de St. Maxence, who was bound to
the king in debts, in his land of Risangles1 to be arrested and kept
safely,2 so that nothing is removed therefrom by the lord of the fee or
by anyone else until the king orders otherwise, saving to John, son and heir of the same
Russell, and to Hugh, his
brother, their reasonable maintenance from the aforesaid chattels.

1.

Corrected from ‘Ryhall’.

2.

Corrected from ‘Order … to take into the king’s hand without delay all
of the land …’

141

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

142

14 March.
Winchester. To the
constable of the
Tower of London
. The king has committed his exchanges of London
and Canterbury, with the dies and other appurtenances, to his beloved
and faithful
Richard Reinger, citizen of London
, with £1420 8d. which he is to receive with the same exchange by the hand
of Alexander of Dorset in order to do the king’s business, to be held for
700 m. a year, which is to be rendered to the king for four years from Mid-Lent in the
thirteenth year, so that the aforesaid £1420 8d. are to be saved for the king at the
end of the aforesaid four years, and Richard is to give the king surety and find safe
pledges for keeping the exchange safely in the
meantime according to the assize of the exchange,
and that he will answer to the king at the end of the aforesaid term both for the £700
a year and the other monies to be received with the aforesaid exchange. Order to
receive security from Richard in the king’s place for keeping the exchange safely
according to the assize of the exchange. He is to cause the names of those who, at
Richard’s petition, will wish to be his
pledges for rendering the aforesaid 700 m. each year and the other monies to the king
at the end of the aforesaid term, as aforesaid, to be recorded, and to cause the king
to know them. The king has ordered Alexander of Dorset that, once the constable has
received security from Richard for keeping the exchange safely according to the assize
of the exchange, as aforesaid, then he is to cause him to have the exchange with its
appurtenances without delay or excuse at his command, so that the king will incur no
damage from the aforesaid exchange by default of the same.

143

To Alexander of Dorset. The king has
committed his exchanges of London and Canterbury, with his dies as above, to
Richard Reinger, citizen of London etc
. He has ordered Henry son of Aucher etc. to take security from
Richard for keeping the aforesaid exchange according to the assize of the exchange and to cause the names of those etc., as
above, to be recorded and the king to know. Order that once the aforesaid constable has accepted security from Richard for
keeping the same exchange safely according to the assize of the exchange, he is to
cause the exchange, with its dies and all other appurtenances, together with the
aforesaid £1420 8d., to be delivered to him without delay. The aforesaid constable
will answer the king for the names of the pledges
that Richard is to find for rendering the aforesaid monies to the king, as aforesaid.

144

16 March.
Winchester.
Walter de Bendenges has made fine with the king by 100s.
for having seisin of the land that Adam de Bendenges, his father, held of the king in
chief and that falls to him by hereditary right
. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that,
having accepted security from Walter for rendering the aforesaid 100s. to the king,
he is to cause Walter to have full seisin without delay of all land that Adam held
of the king in chief in his bailiwick and that falls to him by hereditary
right.

145

Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to place in
respite, until one month from Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand he makes
from Odard
de Redvers, Phillip of Easton and Gervase of Honingham, servants of Henry de Trubleville, by summons of
the Exchequer, for the amercement made before M. of Pattishall and his associates, itinerant justices
in Norfolk.

Membrane 9

[No date].
For Geoffrey
Crossbowman. Geoffrey Crossbowman gives the king
10 m. for having his charter concerning the
land of Hambleton with its appurtenances, which
William de Colemore had by bail of
King John, and
which William has by bail of the king to hold for life, to have and hold from the king
and his heirs to Geoffrey and his heirs, rendering 16s. each year to the king and his
heirs for as long as William will live and 24s. annually to William for life, so that
after William’s death Geoffrey and his heirs are to render 40s. annually to the king
and his heirs from the aforesaid land for all services, and the aforesaid land is to be quit forever from tallage pertaining to
the king or his heirs.

147

For William of Lancaster. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has
granted to his beloved and faithful William of
Lancaster that, of all the debts he owes the king that are exacted from him at the
Exchequer, he may render 60 m. to the king each year
by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to cause
this to be done and enrolled thus.

148

For Roger Esturmy. To the sheriff of Suffolk. The king has received the homage of Roger Esturmy
for all lands that William Esturmy, his
father, held of the king in chief which fall to him by hereditary right.
Order that, having accepted security from Roger for
rendering £10 to the king for his relief, he is to
cause him to have full seisin of all lands that William, his father, held of the
king in chief of the
honour of Lancaster
in his bailiwick which fall to him by hereditary right.

149

20 March.
Marlborough. For Roger Bigod. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk
and Suffolk to place in respite,
until 15 days from Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand for a murder fine
that he makes upon the land of Roger Bigod
from the eyre of the justices who last itinerated
in his bailiwick, and to place in respite, until the same term, the demand of 32s.
that he makes by summons of the Exchequer for the
value of the chattels of John of Kelsale, who withdrew
himself because of ill repute in the eyre of the aforesaid justices, and who
later returned, as is said, and found pledges to
stand to right.

150

Because in the Close Roll. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand of 31 m. that he makes from Hugh Paynel for the prest of Poitou made to him in the time of King John.1

1.

Entry
cancelled because in the Close Roll. See CR 1227–31, p. 162.

151

For the knights and free tenants
and thanes staying in the
forests
of the
honour of Lancaster
. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster that since the thanes of the county of Lancaster
have made fine with the king by 50 m. to be quit on
this occasion of the tallage that the king ordered to be assessed upon them by the
same sheriff, and having accepted security for rendering a moiety of the
aforesaid 50 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in
the fourteenth year,1
he is, on this occasion, to permit them to have peace
from the aforesaid tallage.

1.

Terms interlined. Corrected from ‘for rendering the
aforesaid 50 m.’

152

For the knights and free tenants
and thanes staying in the
forests
of the
honour of Lancaster
. Item, order to the sheriff of Lancaster that since the knights, thanes and free tenants dwelling in the king’s
forests
of the
honour of Lancaster
have made fine with the king by 50 m. for
having his confirmation of the charter of King John that he
made to them that they might assart, sell and give their own underwoods and build in
them by their will, as in their fee, and do their own will there without any
challenge from the king, his heirs or his bailiffs, and that they might have quittance
from regard of the forest, and that their
dogs and greyhounds might hunt foxes and other beasts apart from stags and hinds, pigs of
the forests, wild sows and roebucks throughout the whole forest outside the king’s
demesne hays, as the charter of the same father testifies, and having accepted security from them for rendering a moiety of the
aforesaid 50 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and the other moiety at Easter
in the fourteenth year,1 he is to cause the king’s confirmation to be read to
them in his county court and observed for them.

1.

Terms interlined. Corrected from ‘for rendering
the aforesaid 50 m.’

153

For Ralph de Verdun. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire that, having accepted security from Ralph de Verdun for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of a knight’s fee in the vill of Bloxham, which Walter de Verdun, his
father, held of the king in chief.

154

Marlborough. For Ralph de Verdun. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Ralph de
Verdun, son and heir of Walter de Verdun, that, of the debt that Walter owed the king at the Exchequer, he may render £10 to
the king each year at the same terms at the Exchequer, at which Walter was
accustomed to render them. Order to cause this to be
done and enrolled thus.

155

For Roger de Chauncy. To the sheriff of Yorkshire. The king has taken the homage of Roger de Chauncy for five knights’ fees that Walter de Chauncy, his
brother, whose heir he is, held of
the king in chief in his bailiwick. Order that, having
accepted security from Roger for £25 for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all the lands formerly of
Walter, of which he was seised on the day he died and which fall to him by
inheritance.

156

For Ernisius son of
Hugh. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Ernisius, son of Hugh de Neville, the Fat
(Crassus), has made fine with the king by 10
m. for his relief of one knight’s fee that Hugh held of the king in chief in Durrington and that falls to Ernisius by hereditary
right, and the king has taken his homage herein.
Order that, having accepted security from him for
rendering the aforesaid 10 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have full seisin of
the aforesaid fee with its appurtenances.

157

For Ernisius son of
Hugh. Order to the sheriff of Lincolnshire to cause him to have full seisin of all
lands that the same Hugh held in his
bailiwick and that he took into the king’s
hand by reason of the lands that Hugh held of the king in chief, which fall to
the same Ernisius by hereditary
right.

158

23 March.
Marlborough. For Reginald of Cornhill. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Reginald of Cornhill that, of all the debts he owes him at the Exchequer, both for his father and for himself, up to Easter in the thirteenth
year, he is to render £20 per annum, to be paid at the Exchequer at two terms of the
year, namely £10 at the Exchequer of Michaelmas1 in the thirteenth year and £10 at the Exchequer of Easter in the
fourteenth year,2 and £20 thus from year to year at the same terms until all of the
aforesaid debt in which Reginald is bound to the king is paid in full. Order to cause it to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

Corrected from
‘Easter’.

2.

Corrected from ‘the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the same
year’.

159

For Reginald of Cornhill. To the justices assigned to the custody of the
Jews. The king has granted to his beloved and
faithful Reginald of Cornhill that, of the debts he owes to
Josceus Priest, Jew of London
, and to
Aaron Blund, Jew of London
, and to
Melcana of Canterbury
and
Aaron, her son-in-law, Jews of Canterbury
, he may render 20 m. each year to the same Jews, so that in this Easter
term in the thirteenth year he is to render 10 m. to the same Jews and thus 20 m. each
year from term to term, as is agreed between him and the same Jews. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

160

[No date].
Lancaster. The burgesses of Liverpool give 10 m. for having the king’s charter
that the vill of Liverpool is to be a free borough forever, and that they might
have a guild merchant with hansa and other liberties
pertaining to that guild, with free customs
(customiis et consuetantiis), as is more fully contained in the
charter that the king caused to be made for
them.1

1.

A post-medieval hand has inserted ‘Leuerepul’ in the
margin.

161

For Geoffrey de Lucy. To the barons. The king has committed his
manor of Titchfield
to Geoffrey de Lucy with all its appurtenances, to have and
hold from the king for a term of ten years from Easter in the thirteenth year,
rendering £16 each year to the king for the same manor at the Exchequer at
Michaelmas. Order to cause this to be done and
enrolled thus.1

1.

This entry appears to be a slightly later insertion. It is
in a recognisably different hand and is squeezed in tightly between the two
surrounding entries.

162

For the Master of the Knights Templar in England. To the sheriff of Oxfordshire. The Master of the Knights Templar will deliver £259 to
Henry son of Aucher, constable of the
Tower of London
, by the king’s order, which he owes to the king and which the sheriff exacts
from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to permit the same Master to have peace from the
aforesaid £259.

163

For the king, concerning monies to be received from the Master of the Knights Templar. To
Henry son of Aucher, constable of the
Tower of London
. Order to receive the £259 that the Master of the Knights Templar in England owes the king and will deliver to him by the
king’s command, and to keep it safely to the king’s use until he will have command
from the king otherwise.

164

[No date].
Ireland. For John d’Evreux. John d’Evreux gives the king1 £10 for having his charter
concerning certain lands in the Decies according
to the metes contained within the same charter,
which lands he previously had of the gift of Thomas fitz Anthony, to have and hold from the king and his heirs to
John and his heirs, rendering 31 m. per annum for all services at two terms, namely
15½ m. at Easter and 15½ m. at Michaelmas, as is more fully contained in the Charter Roll of the thirteenth year of the king’s
reign.2

1.

Corrected from ‘has made
fine’.

2.

C. Ch. R. 1226–57, p. 94.

165

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand he makes from the land of Burnham, which is in the custody of R. bishop of Chichester, etc., and from the land of Boveney for the time at which it was in the hand of the
same bishop, for hidage, suits of county and hundred, and for view of frankpledge, so
that it can then be inquired whether the bishop ought to answer or another for him.

166

31 March.
Marlborough. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of Brill for the arrears of the farm of their vill, and to cause their livestock taken for this reason, which he holds, to be
replevied to them in the meantime, having
accepted security from them that they will be at the Exchequer and will satisfy the
king for those arrears.

167

Concerning respite of a
demand. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order to place in
respite, until the morrow of the Close of Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand
for 100s. that he makes from Geoffrey le
Veel by summons of the Exchequer, in
which he was amerced in the eyre of the justices
itinerating in Wiltshire, so that the king
can cause it to be inquired then at the Exchequer for what reason the aforesaid
100s. are exacted from the same Geoffrey.

168

3 April.
Marlborough. Concerning respite of a
demand. To the sheriff of Northumberland. Order to
place in respite, until 15 days from Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand for
100 m. that he makes from Alexander, King of Scots, by summons of the Exchequer.

169

For the abbot of
Malmesbury
. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. The king has granted to the abbot of
Malmesbury
that, of the fine of 20 m. that he made with the king so that, for
two years from Michaelmas in the twelfth year, no
sheriff of Wiltshire might enter the manor of
Malmesbury, which the abbot holds of the king at farm by the
charter of King John, father of the
king, or into the
hundred
pertaining to the same manor, in order to hold pleas there or to make the tourn of the
sheriff, he may render 10 m. to the king at Easter in
the thirteenth year and 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to permit
the abbot to have the aforesaid terms.

170

For the son and heir of
Hugh Peverel of Sampford. To the sheriff of Devon. The king has taken the homage of William, son and heir of
Hugh Peverel of Sampford, for all lands that Hugh held of the
king in chief in his bailiwick which fall to William by hereditary right. Order that, having accepted security from the same W.
for the 100 m.
by which he made fine with the king for the
aforesaid lands
, he is to cause him to have full seisin of the same lands without delay.

171

For Roger de
Somery. The king has taken the homage of Roger de Somery,
son and heir of Milo de Somery,
for all lands that Milo held of the king in chief of the
honour of Boulogne
and that fall to Roger by inheritance. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to take security from him for
the 50 m. by which he made fine with the king for his relief
and to cause him to have seisin of all lands of which
Milo was seised on the day he died. Once he has accepted that security, he is
to cause the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to know, to whom the king has commanded
that once he will have signified this to him, he is to cause him to have full seisin
of all lands of which Milo died seised in his bailiwick and which fall to Roger by
hereditary right.

Membrane 8

6 April.
Hamstead. For the prior of
St. Swithun’s,
Winchester
. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place
in respite, until one month from Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand of 100s.
that he makes from the prior of
St. Swithun’s,
Winchester
by summons of the Exchequer
for the escape of a thief, having
accepted security from him that he will render these
monies at the Exchequer at the same term.

173

7 April.
Reading. Concerning amercements, tallages and demands in the
bishopric of Ely
. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has
granted respite to the
keepers of the
bishopric of Ely
, until one month from Easter in the thirteenth year, to answer then at the
Exchequer for the amercements, tallages and other demands that are exacted from them by summons of the Exchequer from the eyre of the justices. Order to permit the aforesaid keepers to
have that respite.

174

Concerning amercements, tallages and demands in the
bishopric of Ely
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for the same.

175

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand he makes
from the men of Stowell by summons of the Exchequer for the chattels of Gilbert of
Stowell, a fugitive, until 15
days from Easter in the thirteenth year.

176

[No date].
Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Devon to place in respite, until
one month [from Easter] in the thirteenth year, the demand he makes from the men of
the dean and chapter of Rouen of Otterton for the amercements by which the whole county was
amerced in the eyre of the justices itinerating
in the same county, and for suits at the
county and hundred and other customs.
In the meantime, he is to inquire diligently
whether, in the times of his predecessors, kings of England, they were quit by right (de iure) in the eyre
of the justices by their liberties of such
amercements, suits and customs, so that it might then be certified to the king at the
Exchequer.

177

12 April.
Guildford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Rutland to place in
respite, until one month from Easter in the thirteenth year, the demand of 15 m.
that he makes from Peter fitz Herbert
for Henry de Ferrers, and the demand of 45s. that he makes from
the same by summons of the Exchequer for a certain
assart, and to cause the livestock of the same taken for this reason to be delivered to
him without delay.

178

18 April.
Guildford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from J. de Lacy, earl
of Huntingdon (sic.), by summons of the
Exchequer, until three weeks from the Close of Easter in the thirteenth
year.

179

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to R.
earl of Cornwall to place in respite the demand for scutage that he
makes from Robert fitz Walter for the
army of Kerry from a tenement that he holds of
the king in chief in Cornwall, until the king will inquire whether Robert ought
to answer to him or to the aforesaid Richard for the aforesaid scutage.

180

19 April.
Guildford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place
in respite the demand of 100 m. that he makes from Hugh de Gournay by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Poitou, until Sunday next after the octaves of Easter in
the thirteenth year.

181

[No date].
For John de
Balliol. John de Balliol, son and heir of Hugh de
Balliol, has made
fine with the king by £150 for his relief of 30 knights’ fees that Hugh de Balliol, his father, held of
the king in chief, namely 100s. for each fee. He is to
render a moiety of which fine to the king at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and
the other moiety at Easter in the fourteenth year, so that if there are more
than 30 knights’ fees that Hugh held of the king in chief and that John ought to hold
of the king, John will answer for the relief of
those fees. And if there are less than the aforesaid 30
fees, the aforesaid fine will be assessed for him as it ought to be assessed.

182

22 April.
Windsor. For Geoffrey le Veel. To the sheriff of Wiltshire. The king has
granted that, of the 100s. which Geoffrey le Veel owes him and of which he
ought to have rendered 50s. at Easter in the thirteenth year and 50s. at Michaelmas
next following, he may render 25s. at the same Easter, 25s. at Michaelmas next
following, and 50s. at Easter in the following, namely the fourteenth, year.
Order that, having accepted security from him for rendering those monies to the king
at the aforesaid terms, he is to permit him to have such respite.

183

25 April.
Windsor. Concerning the land of Nicholas de Stuteville, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to take
into the king’s hand all land of Nicholas de
Stuteville in his bailiwick
and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

184

And the land of Hugh Wake.
It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Lincolnshire and
Rutland
, concerning taking the land of Hugh
Wake into the king’s hand.

185

2 May.
Westminster. Concerning the fine of
Hugh of Merriott. Hugh of Merriott, son and heir of Nicholas of Merriott,
has made fine with the king by 25 m. for his relief
of the lands that Nicholas held of the king in chief and that fall to Hugh by
inheritance, and the king has taken his homage
herein. Order to the sheriff of Devon that once the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset has signified to him by his letters that he has accepted security from Hugh for
rendering the aforesaid relief to the king, to whom
the king has ordered by his letters that, once he
has accepted security and has signified this to him, he is to cause Hugh to have full seisin without delay of all land in his bailiwick
that Nicholas held of the king in chief and that falls to him by
inheritance.1

1.

A small, indistinct circle is entered in the margin beside
this entry.

186

[ No date].
Concerning the fine of
Hugh of Merriott. Order to the sheriff of Dorset and
Somerset that, having accepted
security from the same Hugh
for rendering a moiety of the aforesaid fine to the king at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and the
other moiety at Easter in the fourteenth year, he is to cause him to have full seisin of all land that Nicholas held of the king in chief and that
falls etc. to Hugh. He is also to cause the sheriff of
Devon to know by his letters when he will have taken that security, to whom the king
has ordered that once he will have signified to him …1

1.

Entry unfinished.

187

For
Sibyl, who was the wife of John son of Bernard
.
Sibyl, who was the wife of John son of Bernard
, has made fine with the king by 5 m. for having
licence to marry. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire that, having accepted security for
rendering the aforesaid 5 m. to the king, he is to cause Sibyl to have full seisin
of all land in his bailiwick that Walter of Calne, her father, held
in chief of the king and that falls to her by hereditary right, and of which
John was seised on the day he died, and that the sheriff
took into the king’s hand by reason of John’s death, and he is to permit her to
marry without impediment.

188

5 May.
Westminster. Because otherwise below. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has remitted and quitclaimed to his beloved and faithful Hugh de
Neville, for his faithful
service, up to the sum of 500 m. of the 5000 m. by which he made fine with King John, the king’s
father, for having his grace and
benevolence, of the 1000 m. that the king’s same father exacted from him because he permitted the
park of Taunton
to be enclosed without his licence and will, and of the 200 m. by which
Hugh made fine with the king’s same father for having
seisin of the vill of Wakering, of
which he was disseised by the will of the
king’s father, which 6200 m. are exacted from him at the Exchequer, so that he may render 100 m. of these 500 m. this year, namely
from Easter in the thirteenth year to Easter in the fourteenth year. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.1

For R.
elect of Canterbury, concerning the testament of S. archbishop of Canterbury. To the barons of the Exchequer. At the instance of the venerable father R. elect of Canterbury, the king has granted to him that he may render
£100 by his hand at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year for the
executors of the testament of the venerable
father S., archbishop of Canterbury, which the same executors ought to have
rendered at Easter last past in the same year of the fine of 300 m. that they made with the king for having the corn of the archbishopric of Canterbury from autumn
last past in the twelfth year, and for having his
debts. The king has also granted to the same elect that, similarly, he may
render £84 2s. 3d.1 by his hand at the aforesaid term
of Michaelmas, which the executors ought to have
rendered at Easter aforesaid of the debts that the archbishop owed to the king.
Order to cause the aforesaid executors to be quit of the aforesaid £184 2s. 3d. and
to enroll them upon the aforesaid elect, as
aforesaid.

1.

Corrected from ‘£82’.

190

For the men of Devizes and
Rowde. The king has given respite to the men of
Devizes and Rowde from the 75s. that they owe him for the last tallage assessed
upon them, until Michaelmas in the thirteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to permit the same men to
have that respite.

191

Concerning the land of Richard of Chilham, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to take into the king’s hand
all land of Richard of Chilham, brother of the king, in his
bailiwick, and to keep it safely until he king orders otherwise.

192

Concerning the land of Richard of Chilham, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent to take into the king’s hand
all lands that Richard of
Chilham holds in his bailiwick
of the inheritance of Rose, his
wife, except for the
manor of Lesnes
, which the Rose has by bail of the king to
sustain her, and to keep them safely etc. as above.

193

8 May.
Westminster. For William son of
Reginald. To the barons of the Exchequer. Of the 40 m. by
which Reginald de la Launde made fine with King John, father of the
king, for the perjury of which he was
convicted in his time and for which he was
in the prison of the king’s father for five
years, on account of the poverty of William, son and heir of the same Reginald, and because he does not have
but one virgate of land of the inheritance of the same Reginald, his father, which is
valued at 6s. a year, of which he renders 4s. per
annum to the lord of the fee, so that nothing remains to his use save for 2s.,
the king has pardoned William the 36 m. 10s.
which still remain to be paid of the same fine and which is exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to cause William to
be quit of the aforesaid 36 m. 10s.

194

5 May.
Westminster. For Nicholas le Simple of
Devizes. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed to Nicholas
le Simple of Devizes his parks and two gardens of Devizes to keep for as long as it pleases the king,
rendering half a mark each year by his hand at the Exchequer at Michaelmas for the
custody of the aforesaid parks and 4s. for the custody of the aforesaid gardens for as
long as he will have that custody. Order to cause it
to be done and enrolled thus.

195

For William de Vernun. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until the octaves of
the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in the thirteenth year,1
the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from William de
Vernun for the scutage
of Kerry, which scutage he delivered to
W.
earl of Derby, as he says, so that it may
then be seen at the Exchequer whether that scutage pertains to the king or to the
same earl.

1.

Corrected from ‘the
octaves of the Blessed Mary’.

196

For William de Vernun. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Derbyshire.

197

10 May.
Fulham. For Hugh de Neville. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king, for himself and his heirs, has pardoned and quitclaimed to his beloved and faithful
Hugh de Neville and his heirs,
for his faithful service, up to the sum of 500 m. of the 5000 m. by which Hugh made
fine with King John, father
of the king, for having his grace
and benevolence, and £83 16s. 6½d. that are exacted from him at the Exchequer
of the 200 m. by which he made fine with the king’s father for having seisin of the vill of Wakering, of which the king’s same father disseised him by his will, and of the 1000 m. that are exacted
from him of the time of King John, father of the king, because he permitted Peter, bishop of Winchester, to enclose the
park of Taunton
without warrant,1
so that Hugh is to render 50 m. of these 500 m. to the
king at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and 50 m. at Easter in the fourteenth
year, and from year to year until the aforesaid 500 m. are paid.2
Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

1.

The details of the fine of 1000 m., interlined, are
in a lighter brown ink.

2.

The year
to year clause is added in the same lighter brown hand.

198

For Henry of Monewden. Order to the
keeper of the
honour of Lancaster
to place in respite the demand he makes from Henry of Monewden and his men of
Tunnet and Thorp for the escape of
thieves, until the first eyre of the
justices in the parts of Lincoln, so that
it may be inquired then before the same justices whether Henry ought to have quittance
from the escape of thieves as he claims to have, or not.

199

Concerning threshing the corn
of Marlborough. Order to
R. de Meysey, constable of
Marlborough
, to cause all the king’s corn in the castle of Marlborough to be threshed
and sold by the view and testimony of
trustworthy and law-worthy men and to keep the monies thus arising until the king
orders otherwise.

200

[No date].
For the convent of
Guisborough
. The prior and canons of
Guisborough
give the king 5 m. for having his
confirmation of the lands they have of the gift and grant of others, as their
charters that they have testify.

201

11 May.
Fulham. For Richard of Minton. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Richard of Minton that for as long as he holds the vill of Stretton by the king’s will, which he
previously had at farm by rendering £24 per
annum, he may render £20 each year at the Exchequer for the same vill at the same
terms at which he was accustomed to render the aforesaid £24. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

202

Concerning the land formerly of the count of St. Pol. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to take into the king’s hand
all land formerly of the count of St. Pol in his bailiwick and to keep it safely until the
king orders otherwise.

203

[No date].
For John of
Earley. The king has taken the homage of John, son and heir of John of Earley, for the lands that the same John held of
the king in chief and that fall to the same John, his son, by inheritance. Order to the sheriffs of Somerset and
Berkshire
to cause him to have full seisin of all land that the same John held of
the king in chief and that fall to the same John by inheritance in his
bailiwick, of which he was seised on the day he died. He is (sic.) to inquire diligently how much land the same John held in
chief in their bailiwicks, and by what service, and how much they are valued per
annum, and he (sic.) is to cause the king to know of the inquisition etc.

204

[No date].
Memorandum that the aforesaid John, his son, owes his relief.

205

[No date].
For the burgesses of
Derby. The burgesses of Derby give the king 5 m. for
having his charter for having certain liberties and two
fairs
, as is more fully contained in their charter.

Membrane 7

16 May.
Westminster. For the Welshmen of
Banaster (Pro Walensibus Banastr’). The Welshmen of Banaster have made
fine with the king by 20 m., so that they are quit on
this occasion of their tallage. They are to
render which 20 m. to the king at two terms, namely a moiety at Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year and the other moiety at Hilary in the fourteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to permit
them to have peace from the aforesaid tallage that he exacts from them. He is
to cause their livestock taken for this reason
to be rendered to them.

207

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

208

For the abbot of
Cleeve
. The king has granted and confirmed by his
charter to the abbot and monks of
Cleeve
in Somerset his manor in Devon
with the
foreign hundred
and other appurtenances, to have from the king
and his heirs to the abbot and his successors at fee farm, rendering £22 to the
king per annum at the Exchequer, as is more fully contained in the charter etc. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause it to be enrolled
thus.

209

29 May.
Fulham. For Ranulf le Breton,
concerning the lands of the count of St. Pol. To the sheriff of Essex. Order to cause the
king’s beloved and faithful Ranulf le
Breton to have full seisin of the land formerly of the count of St. Pol in his bailiwick, which the king committed to his beloved and faithful Reymund de Burgh for as long as it pleased him
and afterwards ordered it to be taken into his
hand, which land he has committed to him so that he answers where the king will
order him.

210

31 May.
St. Albans. For Robert de
Briwes. The king has taken the homage of Robert de Briwes, son and heir of John de
Briwes, for
the lands formerly of the same John which he held of the king in chief in Staple, and which fall to Robert by hereditary
right, and he has quitclaimed to Robert his relief that he owed him for the aforesaid lands at
the petition of William Raleigh. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to cause him
to have full seisin of the aforesaid land formerly of John in the same vill, which falls to Robert by hereditary
right.

211

Concerning a demand to be
placed in respite. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in
the thirteenth year, the demand of 100s. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the
manor of Kimbolton
for a murder fine from the time of W.,
formerly earl of Essex, so that it may be seen then whether the
executors of the testament of the aforesaid
earl or Reymund de Burgh ought to answer the king.

212

6 June.
Daventry. Concerning the land of Matthew of Hathersage, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire to take into the king’s hand all land that
Matthew of Hathersage holds of the king in chief in his
bailiwick and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

213

For Robert Arsic. The king has granted to Robert Arsic that, of the 20 m. which are exacted from him at the
Exchequer for the prest of Poitou, he may render 3 m. to the king at Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, 3 m. at Easter in the fourteenth year, and 6 m. thus from year to
year at the same terms until the aforesaid 20 m. are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled thus.

214

For Hugh de Vivonne. The king has given respite to Hugh de Vivonne, until the octaves of St. John in the thirteenth
year, from the 20 m. that are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer. Order to
the sheriff of Somerset not to distrain Hugh in the meantime for this
reason.

215

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to place in respite the
demand he makes from William (sic.) by summons of the
Exchequer for the debt that Richard de Redvers, his
father, owed the king, until the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, so that it may be inquired then
whether he or another ought to answer for that debt to the king.

216

6 June.
Banbury. For Hugh de
Gournay. The king has granted to Hugh de Gournay that, of the 100 m, which are exacted from him for
the prest of King John in Poitou made to Hugh de Gournay, his
father, he may render 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year and 5 m. at Easter in the fourteenth year, and 10 m. thus from year
to year until the aforesaid monies are paid to the king. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

217

Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to permit this to be rendered thus.

218

8 June.
Campden. Concerning land in Upton, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to take into the king’s hand the land
that Maillard, formerly a squire of
W. earl of Old Marshal
, holds in Upton by a
bail of the same earl [made] at the time when
he was the regent of the king and his kingdom, and to keep it safely until the
king orders otherwise.

219

11 June.
Worcester. Concerning land in Grendon, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand the land
that Geoffrey Saucer held by bail of King John in Grendon and that John
Marshal has of the same Geoffrey, and to keep it safely until the king
orders otherwise.

220

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Lancaster to place
in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, the demand he
makes from Henry of Monewden by summons of the
Exchequer for a certain scutage of Poitou
and for the first scutage of the king after his
first coronation, and the demand he makes
from the same H. for the ward that he ought to have performed at the
castle of Lancaster
at the time when the lands of Roger de
Montbegon, after his death, were
in the hand of J. earl of Chester.

221

Concerning the tallage of
the
abbey of Hulme
. Order to
Reginald, clerk
of
Ranulf le Breton, keeper of the
abbey of Hulme
, to cause the tallage assessed upon the men holding of the same abbey, which
is vacant and in his custody, to be assessed in such a way that these paupers are
less aggrieved. If the abbot and convent of the same house will mainpern by their letters patent that they
will answer the king for the aforesaid tallage at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year,
then, on account of the poverty of the aforesaid men, who at present cannot answer for
the aforesaid tallage without great harm, he is to
permit them to have peace up to the aforesaid term.

222

For the men of Bridgnorth. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite the demand of 20 m. that he
makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of
Bridgnorth for the tallage last assessed in the vill of Bridgnorth, until Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, having accepted security from them that they will satisfy the king then.

223

[No date].
Concerning the land of
Hugh le
Poer
, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that, having viewed these letters, he is to take into the king’s hand all
land of Hugh le
Poer, forester, in his bailiwick and to keep it safely until
the king orders otherwise.

224

18 June.
Hereford. For Robert of Cockfield. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to permit
Robert of Cockfield to have in peace his corn that he caused to be
sown in the king’s
manor of Pickering
in this, the thirteenth, year, saving the rent of the same manor to the king, for which
the sheriff ought to answer at the Exchequer.

225

18 June.
Hereford. For the sheriff of Herefordshire. The king has given respite to the sheriff of Herefordshire from making his view for Easter term in
the thirteenth year until St. John the Baptist in the same year. Order to the
barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that
respite.

226

For William de Braose. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite, until the octaves of Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, the demand they make from William
de Braose for £33 9s. 1d., which
is exacted from him at the Exchequer for two debts, and for £45 16s. 8d. which are exacted from him at the Exchequer for
the scutage of Montgomery.

227

For William de Gamages. The king has granted to William de Gamages that, of the 5 m. which are exacted from him by
summons of the Exchequer, in which he was amerced before four
knights
in the county court of Gloucestershire for disseisin, he may render 22s. at the Exchequer at Michaelmas
in the thirteenth year, 22s. at Easter in the fourteenth year, and 22s. 8d. at
Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to permit him
to have those terms, as aforesaid.

228

Concerning taking Bowden and Harborough into the king’s hand. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer that, having heard the account of
William de Stuteville
for the counties of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, and the account of William de Cantilupe for the issues of the manors of Harborough and Bowden, as William has been ordered on behalf of the king at other
times, they are to take the aforesaid manors into the king’s hand without
delay.

229

Concerning the price of wines. The king has granted to the vintners of Hereford
that the sester of wine is to be sold for 10d. in
the vill of Hereford for one year from
St. Peter in Chains in the thirteenth year. Order to the sheriff of Herefordshire to cause this assize of wine to be proclaimed in the vill of Hereford and held as aforesaid,
and to take security from the same vintners for 3 m. to the king’s use for one tun of
wine for this grant.

230

Concerning the price of wines. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Gloucestershire for the vintners of Cirencester up to Easter in the fourteenth year, and
they give nothing.

231

12 July.
Oxford. Concerning the price of wines. And to the vintners of Oxford for selling
wine for 10d. up to Easter in the fourteenth year.

232

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, the demand they make from Roger
of Clifford for the arrears of
his account, and for the £35 that is exacted
from him by summons of the Exchequer for the
prest of Poitou, and for £10 of a prest of the king’s Wardrobe.1

1.

Wardrobe prest interlined.

233

25 June.
Gloucester. Concerning land in Lambourn, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to take
into the king’s hand land in Lambourn
which Richard Walensis held by bail of King John and by bail of the king, and into which Henry de Scaccario later had entry by the
aforesaid Richard, and he is to keep that land safely until the king orders otherwise.

234

25 June.
Gloucester. Because otherwise below. William de Camville has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having back his lands which the king caused to be taken into his hand for the trespass that
he made towards him in felling his
wood of Arrow
, which is within the king’s forest,
without the assent and will of the king. Order to the
sheriff of Worcestershire that, having accepted security from
William for the aforesaid 50 m. to the king’s use, then he is to cause him to have
full seisin of his lands and woods taken into the king’s hand for the aforesaid
reason.1

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year, the demand they make by summons of
the Exchequer from W. Marshal and G. earl of Gloucester for the scutage of Montgomery from the
honour of Gifford
.

236

25 June.
Gloucester. For the abbot of
Cleeve
. The king has granted his
manor of Braunton
, and has confirmed by his charter,
to the abbot
and convent of
Cleeve
in Somerset, with the
foreign hundred
in Devon and its other appurtenances, to
have and hold from the king and his heirs forever at fee farm, rendering £22
each year by their hands at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £11 at Michaelmas and
£11 at Easter, saving their common of pasture to
the men of the same manor and to other men who are not of the same manor, which they
had before this grant, as is more fully contained in the king’s charter made thereupon. Order to
the sheriff of Devon to cause the abbot
to have full seisin of the aforesaid manor of Braunton with its appurtenances
without delay.

237

For the sheriff of Gloucestershire. The sheriff of Gloucestershire, by letters directed to the barons of the
Exchequer, has respite from the view of his account until 15 days from the
octaves of St. John the Baptist.

238

For Hugh de Vivonne. The king has granted to Hugh de Vivonne that, of the 20 m. which
are exacted from him by summons of the
Exchequer, and which he ought to have rendered to the king in the octaves of
St. John the Baptist in the thirteenth year, he may render 10 m. in the
aforesaid octaves of St. John and the other 10 m. at Michaelmas in the same
year. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit him to have the aforesaid respite in the
meantime.

239

For the abbot of
St. Benet of Hulme
. The king has shown royal assent and favour to the
election recently made of Brother Samson, former prior of
St. Benet of Hulme
, as abbot of the same place. Order to
Ranulf le Breton, keeper of the same abbey
, to cause the same elect to have full seisin of all etc. pertaining to the
same abbey, so that the abbot and convent answer
the king at the Exchequer of Michaelmas for the tallage assessed upon the men holding of the abbey, and he is to have the letters patent of the abbot and convent, which he
has with him, without another command being made to him.

Membrane 6

Concerning tallage from the
lands of the chapter of Rouen in Kilham. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to cause
it to be inquired by the oath of trustworthy and
law-worthy men of his county whether the land of the archbishop and chapter of
Rouen, which they
hold in Kilham and which Simon
de Hale and his associates,
lately deputed to tallage the king’s demesnes in that county, tallaged at £10,
was quit of tallage in the times of Kings Henry, Richard and John up until the war between etc. and in the time of the king, how much
tallage was assessed upon the king’s demesnes, and [to cause him to know of the] inquisition etc., and
in the meantime permit the proctor of the
same archbishop and chapter to have peace from the aforesaid demand of £10 for the
aforesaid tallage.

241

29 June.
Gloucester. For William de Camville. William de Camville has made fine with the king by 50 m. for having his grace and benevolence for a trespass
that he made towards him in felling his
wood of Arrow
in Worcestershire, which is
within the king’s forest, without his assent and
will. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to take security from William for rendering
those 50 m. to the king and, once he has taken that security, he is to signify this to
the sheriff of Worcestershire by his letters, to whom the king has ordered that once he
will signify to him that he has taken security from him, he is then to cause William to have full seisin without delay of all
his land that he took into the king’s hand by his
order by reason of this trespass.

242

For William de Camville. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire that when the sheriff of Warwickshire signifies to him etc. as above, then etc.

243

Somerset. John of Stoke gives half a mark
for having a writ before the itinerant justices to
attaint the twelve jurors of the assize of novel
disseisin that was taken before four knights, justices assigned to this
, against Henry Hoese, concerning a
tenement in Stoke. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to take etc.

244

4 July.
Cirencester. Concerning the custody of the
abbey of Burton
. The king has committed the vacant
abbey of Burton
to Master Robert of Shardlow to keep for as long as it pleases the
king. Order to the sheriff of Derbyshire to cause Master Robert to have full seisin of
all lands, property, rents and all possessions
pertaining to the same abbey, as aforesaid.

245

Concerning the custody of the
abbey of Burton
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Warwickshire and Leicestershire and
Staffordshire
.

246

Concerning the land formerly of Nicholas son of Perceval. Order to the sheriff of Worcestershire to take into the king’s hand without
delay all land in his bailiwick formerly of Nicholas, son of Perceval de
Somery, who is dead, and to keep it safely
until the king orders otherwise, saving his property and chattels found in the same land to R. earl of Chester and Lincoln.

247

Concerning the land formerly of Nicholas son of Perceval. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Staffordshire.

248

5 July.
Lechlade. For the sheriff of Gloucestershire. By the king’s order, the sheriff of Gloucestershire stays in the parts of Gloucester, so that from
the octaves of St. John the Baptist in 15 days he cannot come before the barons of the Exchequer to make the view of his
account for Easter term in the thirteenth year. Order to the same barons to
admit
Peter of Edgeworth
in place of the same sheriff on the aforesaid day in order to make the aforesaid
view both of the farm of the same county and
of the other issues of the same county,1
so that he answers for the aforesaid farm of the aforesaid term and for other
things contained in the summons of the
Exchequer.

1.

The remainder of this entry is an
interlineal addition.

249

Concerning the land of William of
Ireby. [Order] to the sheriff of Cumberland to take into the king’s hand without delay, for trespass of his forest, all land of
William of Ireby in his bailiwick and to keep it safely with the
chattels found therein, so that nothing is
removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

250

Concerning the land of William de Cantilupe. [Order] to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take into the king’s hand without
delay, for trespass of his forest, all land
of William de Cantilupe junior in his bailiwick and to
keep it safely with the chattels found therein, so
that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

251

Concerning the land of William
Talbot. [Order] to the sheriff of Norfolk to take into
the king’s hand without delay, for trespass of his
forest, all land of William Talbot
in his bailiwick and to keep it safely with the chattels found therein, so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king
orders otherwise.

252

[No date].
Notification to the sheriff of Wiltshire that the
king has given respite to Godfrey de Scudamore from the scutage of
Montgomery that he exacts from him by summons of the Exchequer, until Michaelmas.

253

8 July.
Woodstock. For Master Stephen de Lucy. The king has given licence to Master Stephen de Lucy, going to the bishopric of Durham
to collect his arrears that are owed to him in the
same bishopric from the time he had the custody of the same, that he may
render his account for the same time at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in 15 days.
Order thus to the barons of the
Exchequer.1

1.

Order interlined.

254

8 July.
Woodstock. For Henry of Audley. The king has given respite to Henry of Audley, until Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, from the
demand of £37 23d. that is exacted from him at the Exchequer for the arrears of the
farm of the counties of Shropshire and
Staffordshire for the twelfth
year, and from the demand of £118 40d. that is
exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer from
the last eyre of the justices. Order to
the barons of the Exchequer to permit him to have
that respite.1

1.

Place of witness corrected from ‘Guildford’.

255

For Ralph de
Mortimer. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has pardoned to Ralph de Mortimer, brother
and heir of Hugh de Mortimer, for his faithful
service, up to £500 of the £511 2s. 4d. that is exacted from the same Ralph at the
Exchequer for the same Hugh of the fine which Roger de Mortimer,
father of Hugh and Ralph, made with King John, the king’s
father, for having custody of Walter de Beauchamp, and of the
46 m. that are exacted at the Exchequer from Ralph for Hugh for the first scutage of
Poitou from the time of the king’s
father, and of the 500 m. that are exacted at the Exchequer from Ralph for Hugh
of the fine that he made with the king’s father
for having the lands of Roger, his father
, and of 10 m. and two hawks that are
exacted at the Exchequer from Ralph for Hugh for the
delivery of Reginald Russell, and
of £100 and a valuable destrier, and of the 30 m. that are exacted at the Exchequer from
Ralph for Hugh for Martin Champion,
and of the 20 m. that are exacted at the Exchequer from
Ralph for Hugh for disseisin, and of £100 that are exacted at the Exchequer from Ralph
for his relief, the sum total of which is £1115 2s. 4d. Ralph is to render £20
of which £500 to the king each year at the Exchequer at two terms, namely £10 at Michaelmas and £10 at Easter, until he will have
rendered the aforesaid £500 to the king in full. Order to cause this to be done and enrolled thus.

256

11 July.
Woodstock. Concerning the fine of 300 m.
made with the king by the monks of
St. Edmunds
. Brother Henry, prior of
St. Edmunds
, and Brother Richard, sacrist of the same place, have
made fine with the king, for themselves and for all of the convent of the same place,
by 300 m., for having custody of the aforesaid abbey,
with all lands, property, rents and all
possessions and all corn pertaining to it from
this autumn, up to Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, saving to the king the
donation of churches pertaining to the
abbey if in that time any fall vacant, and saving to the king wardships, escheats and other things
that pertain to the abbot of the same place. They are
to render the aforesaid fine to the king at two terms, namely £100 at Michaelmas in
the same year and £100 at Easter in the fourteenth year. Order to William de Haverhill, keeper of the same abbey, to cause the
aforesaid prior and sacrist, for the same convent, to have full seisin without delay
of the aforesaid abbey with all lands, property, rents and all possessions and corn
pertaining to it up to the aforesaid term, saving to the king in the meantime all
donations of churches aforesaid, and wards and escheats, as aforesaid.

257

Concerning the fine of 300 m.
made with the king by the monks of
St. Edmunds
. They have similar letters patent directed to
all etc., up to this word, ‘Order to William de Haverhill etc.’

258

Concerning placing the demand made from William de Redvers in respite. Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make from William de Redvers by summons of the
Exchequer for the debt of Richard, his father, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the thirteenth
year.

259

[No date].
For Godfrey de Scudamore. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place
in respite, until Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, the demand for scutage for the
army of Bedford that he makes from Godfrey de Scudamore by summons of
the Exchequer from five knights’ fees that
he holds in his bailiwick of the fee of Roger of
Clifford, which scutage
Roger says pertains to him, so that it may be inquired
then before the barons of the Exchequer whether
the king ought to have the aforesaid scutage or the aforesaid Roger.

260

13 July.
Wallingford. For M. countess of Winchester. Margaret, countess of Winchester, gives
the king 80 m. for having his grant of1
the lands of the
Normans which are of her fee and which are in her hand, or of other
lands that others hold by the same countess of the same lands of the Normans that are
of her fee, to have and hold to the same countess for life and to Roger de Quincy, her son and heir, after her death, unless the king
will render those lands to the heirs of the same lands by the peace which they made
with him for having the aforesaid lands, as is more fully contained in the Patent Roll. The
countess is to render a moiety of the aforesaid 80 m. to the king at Michaelmas in
the thirteenth year and the other moiety at Easter in the fourteenth year.

1.

Corrected from simply ‘for having …’

261

16 July.
Westminster. Concerning land to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that,
immediately after having viewed these letters, he
is to take into the king’s hand all land of Robert, dean of Norton, in Norton, Timworth, Stow, and in the vill of St. Edmunds, with the chattels found therein, and to keep them safely so that nothing
is removed until the king orders otherwise.

262

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

263

For the chancellor of Chichester. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause
the land formerly of Adam of Rotherfield in Rotherfield and in Tisted, which the same Adam had
demised to Eustace, chancellor of Chichester, then archdeacon of
Lewes,
at farm at a term which has not yet
past, and which he took into the king’s hand
because Adam withdrew himself for ill
repute, of which he is accused, to be replevied without delay to the same
chancellor, with all property and chattels
found in the same land, having accepted security from the same chancellor that if
anything pertains to the king by reason of the flight or repute of Adam, he will answer the king before the itinerant justices or whenever the king shall order.

264

Concerning the
honour of Eye
, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk that,
immediately after having viewed these letters, he
is to take the
honour of Eye
with its appurtenances into the king’s hand and to commit it to Laurence of St.
Albans to keep, so that
he answers the king by his hand.

265

Leicestershire. Simon Pepin gives the king half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of the
assize of mort d’ancestor that was summoned
and taken before the itinerant justices at
Coventry against Hugh Pollard, concerning a tenement in Croxton. Order to the sheriff of Leicestershire to take etc.

266

For John de Mare. The king has taken the homage of John de Mare for one
knight’s fee that Robert de Mare,
his father, held of the king in chief in Walden and that falls to John by hereditary right. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire that, having accepted security from him
for rendering 100s. to the king for his relief, he
is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of the aforesaid fee.

267

[No date].
Suffolk. William Cheure gives the king half a mark
for having a writ to attaint the twelve jurors of
the assize of novel disseisin that was taken
before itinerant justices in Suffolk against Maurice
Cheure, concerning a tenement in Dunwich. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk etc.

268

Northamptonshire. William son of Roger gives the king
half a mark for having a writ to attaint the twelve
jurors of an assize of novel disseisin
against Nicholas of Bassingbourn and others, concerning a
tenement in Glapthorn. Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire to take etc.

269

[No date].
Suffolk. Geoffrey son of Daya gives the king
one mark for having a pone
against Henry Prat, concerning a debt of 4 m. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk etc.

270

13 Aug.
St. Edmunds. For Andrew Blund. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to cause the
manor of Penkridge
, which the king ordered to be taken into his
hand, to be replevied to Andrew Blund
up to Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, having
accepted security from Andrew that he will be before the barons of the Exchequer at the aforesaid term to show his warrant for the aforesaid manor.

271

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to place in respite the
demand of 20s. that he makes by summons of the
Exchequer from Hugh de Vivonne for a certain pledge, until upon
his next account at the Exchequer at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year.

272

[No date].
Devon. William le Fleming gives the king 20s.
for having four justices to take an assize of novel disseisin, concerning a tenement in Ash. Order to the sheriff of
Devon to take etc.

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Dunmow. Concerning the land formerly of
Osbert Gifford, to be taken into the
king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of
Kent that since Osbert Gifford, who owed several debts to the king, is dead, he is to take into the king’s hand
without delay all land formerly of the same Osbert in his bailiwick, with all
chattels found therein, and to keep it safely so
that nothing is removed until the king orders otherwise. If anything has been removed
therefrom, he is to cause it to be returned immediately.

274

[No date].
Cumberland. John de Morthing gives the king 20s. for having four justices to take the assize of novel
disseisin that he arraigned against Adam
of Millom, concerning a tenement in
Whitbeck. Order to the sheriff of Cumberland to take
etc.

275

25 Aug.
Havering. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
the Sunday after St. Bartholomew in the thirteenth year, the demand of 4 m. that he
makes from Imbert of Hereford by summons of the
Exchequer for the prest of King John made to him in Ireland.

276

2 Sept.
Windsor. Concerning the debt that
Osbert Gifford owed to the king. The king has granted to H. bishop of Rochester, Henry of
Walpole, Isabella de Friville and Matilda Gifford, sister of Osbert Gifford, executors of the testament of the same Osbert, that, of the £50 and half a mark
which still remains of the fine that Osbert made
with the king for having the custody of the land and
heir of William of Hastings, with the marriage of the same
heir, they may render £20 per annum to the king
for Osbert at the same terms at the Exchequer at which he was bound to pay them to
the king. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus.

277

Concerning the debt that
Osbert Gifford owed to the king. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Berkshire that he
permits them to render this thus.

278

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Gloucestershire to place in respite the demand of 17½ m.
that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from
the lands formerly of Osbert Gifford in
his bailiwick, until upon his next account at the Exchequer, so that it may be inquired then at the Exchequer how the aforesaid debt
arose and if Osbert was bound to the king in the aforesaid debt or not.

279

3 Sept.
Windsor. Concerning the land formerly of
Warin of Bassingbourn, to be taken into the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire to take into the king’s hand without
delay all land formerly of Warin of Bassingbourn in his bailiwick and
to keep it safely with all chattels found therein,
so that nothing is removed therefrom until the king orders otherwise.

280

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Huntingdonshire to place in respite the demand for 4 m.
that he makes from Imbert of Hereford by summons of the Exchequer, until upon his next account at the Exchequer of
Michaelmas in the thirteenth year.

281

Concerning respite of a demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in the
fourteenth year, the demand of 130 m. that he makes from Roger de Quincy by summons of the
Exchequer for several prests made in
Ireland
and
Wales
to Saer de Quincy,
former earl of Winchester, his father, in the time of King John, beyond the debts that Roger owes the king otherwise, for which he
made fine at the Exchequer, saving to Roger the
aforesaid fine that he made with the king for his
other debts.

282

[No date].
Concerning the fine of the
abbot of
Fécamp
. The abbot of
Fécamp
gives the king 200 m. in aid of his crossing and to recover his lands. He is to render all of this in the
octaves of Michaelmas in the thirteenth year.

283

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Oxfordshire to place in respite, until 15 days from
Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, the demand of 100s. that he makes from William de Beauchamp of Drayton by summons of the
Exchequer for the prest of Ireland of
King John made
to Ralph de Beauchamp, his father, whose heir he is, having accepted security
from him that he will satisfy the king then.

284

5 Sept.
Windsor. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to place in respite, until upon his account in the
octaves of Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from Ralph de
Bruera and his
associates, knights of the bishop of Salisbury, for the prest of
Ireland and
Scotland
made to them in the time of King John etc., having accepted security from them that they will satisfy the king then at the
Exchequer.

285

5 Sept.
Windsor. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Berkshire to place
in respite, until Michaelmas in the fourteenth year, the demand of 10 m. 7s. 8d.
that he makes from William of Brians by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of King John made to
Thomas le Breton, whose heir he is, in Ireland.

286

Concerning respite of a
demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Oxfordshire for the same William, concerning 3 m. of a prest
made to him as above.

287

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to place in respite, until Easter in the
fourteenth year, the demand of 23 m. that he makes from Robert de Picquigny by summons of the
Exchequer for a prest made to him in Ireland in the time of King John.

288

Concerning the fine made with the king for the custody of the land and heirs of Roger of Torpel. Ralph, bishop of Chichester, has made fine with
the king by 300 m. for having custody of the land and
heirs of Roger of Torpel, who held of the king in [chief], with the marriage
of the same heirs, except for the land of Hinxton
which the king granted to L. dean of
St. Martin’s,
London, to have until the full age of the same heirs.
The bishop is to render 50 m. of the aforesaid fine
at Easter in the fourteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year, and 100 m.
thus at the same terms from year to year until the aforesaid 300 m. are paid.
Order to the sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to cause the bishop to have full seisin
without delay of all land formerly of Roger in his bailiwick with all
appurtenances, except the land of Hinxton which the king committed to the aforesaid
L., as aforesaid., notwithstanding the seisin of those lands that the king ordered to
be made over to the aforesaid dean.

289

Concerning the fine made with the king for the custody of the land and heirs of Roger of Torpel. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Northamptonshire,1 not making mention of the land of Hinxton, which is in
Cambridgeshire.

1.

Corrected from ‘
Nottinghamshire
’.

290

[No date].
Concerning the fine of
Robert of Newburgh, so that he remains at home. Robert of
Newburgh gives the king 20 m.
to be quit of the king’s forthcoming passage, of which he is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and the
other moiety at Easter in the fourteenth year, except for the scutage of the same Robert and his knights who hold of him, all of which the king will have.

291

Concerning respite of the demands for prests made in
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
Poitou
and
Barham Down
. The king has granted to Milo Neirunt and all
others holding of the
honour of Wallingford
that they may have respite, until 15 days from Michaelmas in the thirteenth
year, from the demand that the
keeper of the same honour
makes from them by summons of the Exchequer
for the prest made to them in the time of King John of
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
Poitou
and
Barham Down
. Order to the same keeper to permit them to have that respite and to cause the livestock of the same Milo taken for this
reason to be delivered.

292

Concerning respites of the demands of prests made in
Ireland
,
Scotland
,
Poitou
and
Barham Down
. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, Dorset and Somerset,
Northamptonshire
, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire,
Yorkshire
, Warwickshire
and Leicestershire,
Wiltshire
,
Devon
, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and
Middlesex
, and especially to the sheriffs of Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire for
Phillip Marc, concerning the prest of
Ireland.

293

For Jakelin le
Vielur. The king has committed to Jakelin le Vielur, for as long as it pleases
the king, the messuage and garden which Master John Red held of the king in Bridport, rendering 9d. annually to the king as John was
accustomed to render. Order to the sheriff
of Dorset to cause Jakelin to have
full seisin of the aforesaid messuage and garden.

294

9 Sept.
Windsor. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to place in respite, until Michaelmas in
the fourteenth year, the demand of 20s. that he makes from Fulk of Montgomery by summons of the
Exchequer for a certain scutage of Poitou
from the time at which the land of Morden and Cottered was
in the hand of William de Caen.

295

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Essex and
Hertfordshire to place in
respite, until Michaelmas in the fourteenth year, the demand he makes from Robert fitz Walter by summons of the Exchequer for a prest made to him of the prest of Poitou,
Scotland
,
Ireland
and
Barham Down
in the time of King
John etc.

296

[No date].
Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Hertfordshire to place in respite the demand he makes
from Fulk of Montgomery by summons of
the Exchequer for a certain scutage of Poitou from the time at which the land of Morden and Cottered was in the hand of William
[de Caen].1

1.

It is not clear
whether this entry should have been cancelled or whether it corrects no. 294. It has
not been cancelled.

297

For Gilbert le
Breton. The king has taken the homage of Gilbert le Breton for the land that Richard le Breton, his father, whose heir he is, held of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that,
having accepted security from Gilbert for 2½ m. for his relief, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all land
that Richard held in chief on the day he died and that falls to him by hereditary
right in his bailiwick.

298

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Yorkshire to place
in respite the demand of 2½ m. that
Manasser Senior, Jew of York
, makes from Richard de Alençon for the land formerly of Alexander de Neville, which is in Richard’s hand by the fine that he made with the king for custody of the land and
heir of Alexander,
until Richard will pay to the king the fine that he made with him for the aforesaid
custody.

299

Concerning respite of a
demand. It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Lincolnshire, concerning the demand of 18 m. that
Peter Poitevin, Jew of Lincoln
, makes from the same Richard for the land formerly of the same Alexander.

300

11 Sept.
London. Buckinghamshire. Walter de Bidun gives the king 2 m. for
having a writ for having four justices to take an assize concerning a highway that William de Hoctun’ narrowed (artavit) in
Lathbury to the harm of his free
tenement in the same vill. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to take security etc.

301

13 Sept.
Windsor. For William de Camville. The king has granted to William de Camville that, of the 50 m.
which he owes him, he may render 20 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year
by his hand at the Exchequer. Order to the
sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to have peace from the rest
of the aforesaid 50 m. until the king will order him otherwise.

302

For Robert de Gouiz. The king has granted to Robert de Gouiz that, of the debt
which Robert, his father,
owed the king, and of which his father was accustomed to pay 100s. per annum, he may
in future render 10 m. each year at the Exchequer until the aforesaid debt is paid,
namely 5 m. at the Exchequer of Michaelmas and 5 m. at the Exchequer of Easter.
Order to the sheriff of Dorset to permit Robert to have the aforesaid terms, as
aforesaid, and to cause his livestock and chattels taken for this reason to be delivered
to him.

303

For William Marsh. Order to the sheriff of Somerset to permit
William Marsh to render the debt that he owes the king and that is exacted from him at the
Exchequer at the same terms which the king previously granted to him for the same
debt, notwithstanding that he did not
observe those terms. He is to cause his lands and chattels taken into the king’s hand for this reason to be
delivered.

304

For John of Walton. The king has granted to John of Walton that, of the 10 m. which
he owes him and which are exacted from him by summons of the Exchequer, he may render 3 m. to the king by his hand
at the Exchequer in the octaves of Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, 3 m. in the
octaves of the Close of Easter in the fourteenth year, and 4 m. in the octaves of
Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the sheriff of
Surrey that, having accepted
security from John for rendering the aforesaid 10 m. thus, he is to permit him to
render them as aforesaid.

305

Concerning the manor of Luddesdown. Order to the sheriff of
Kent that, having viewed these letters, he is to take the manor of Luddesdown, which Osbert
Gifford held of Warin de Munchesney, into the king’s
hand, and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise, notwithstanding
the king’s order previously made to him for making
over seisin of the same manor to Warin.1

1.

Another stylised head is drawn in
the margin between this and the following entry.

306

19 Sept.
Faversham. For William de Cantilupe. The king has granted to William de Cantilupe that he may render to the king at the
Exchequer the 100s. which are exacted from him by
summons of the Exchequer
for the escape of thieves, in the sum of money
for which he made fine with the king by rendering 15 m. per annum until the
aforesaid money is paid. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be done
and enrolled thus.

307

20 Sept.
Rochester. Fine. For Walter de Bendenges. Walter de Bendenges1 has
made fine with the king by 100s. lest he be made a knight
at present and so he is not to cross with the
king, saving his scutage to the king. Order
to the sheriff of Hampshire2
that, having accepted security from him for rendering
those 100s. to the king, he is to permit him to have peace at present from being
made a knight.

1.

‘Walter’ corrected from ‘Adam’.

2.

Corrected from ‘
Kent
’.

308

20 Sept.
Dartford. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to place
in respite the demand of £7 2d. that he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of dean and chapter of Rouen of
Clere for the amercement taken for wines sold contrary to the assize, as is said, until upon his next account at the
Exchequer of Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, so it
may be inquired then before the barons of the
Exchequer whether the aforesaid men ought to answer or not. He is also to cause the livestock of the same men taken for this reason to be
replevied to them in the meantime.

309

Fine. For William de Fiennes. William de Fiennes has made fine with the king by 40 m., of which he is to render a moiety at Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year and the other moiety on the morrow of St. Andrew in the fourteenth
year, so that he is not to cross with the king
at his first crossing at Michaelmas in 15 days, saving to the same William his
scutage from the fees that he holds in chief. Order to the sheriff of Somerset not to distrain him to cross with the king.

310

For William de Fiennes. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Buckinghamshire,
Essex
and
Surrey
.

311

Fine. For Stephen of Langton. Stephen of Langton has made fine with the king by 10 m. so that he should not cross with the king etc.,
saving his scutage to the king from the knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief. Order to the sheriff of Suffolk not to
distrain Stephen to cross or to be made a
knight.

312

Concerning land to be taken into
the king’s hand. Order to the sheriff
of Dorset to take into the king’s
hand the land that Osbert de Boileben’,
who fled for theft
, of which he was accused, [held], and to keep it safely until the king orders
otherwise.

Membrane 4

26 Sept.
London. For Robert Savage. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Robert
Savage, because he is ready to be made a
knight
and is ready to cross with the king on his first
crossing after Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, that, of the £18 which he was bound to render at Michaelmas in the same year,
he may render a moiety at the same term and the other moiety at Michaelmas in the
fourteenth year. Order to cause it to be done thus.

314

For Robert Savage. Order to the sheriff
of Sussex to permit him to have
peace therefrom.

315

Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Norfolk
and Suffolk to place in respite
the demand he makes from the abbot of
St. Edmunds
by summons of the Exchequer
for a murder fine, until one month from Michaelmas in the thirteenth year.

316

27 Sept.
London. Fine. For Henry de Oilly. Henry de Oilly has made fine with the king by 100 m., so that he is to be quit on this occasion of crossing
with the king after Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, and for having his scutage from the knights’
fees he holds of the king in chief, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army
against the aforesaid crossing. Order to the sheriff of Warwickshire to permit him to have peace from the
aforesaid crossing and to cause him also to have his scutage from the knights’
fees that he holds of the king in chief, as aforesaid.

317

For Henry de Oilly. It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire,
Buckinghamshire
,
Staffordshire
and
Northamptonshire
.

318

Fine. For Roger Bigod. It is written under the same form to the sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk,
Leicestershire
,
Essex
,
Lincolnshire
,
Yorkshire
and
Northamptonshire
for Roger Bigod, son and heir
of H. Bigod,
former earl of Norfolk, who has similarly made fine with the
king by 200 m., so that he is to be quit of crossing with the king, and for having his
scutage as above.

319

Fine. For Simon d’Avranches. Simon d’Avranches,1 who has
made fine with the king by 10 m., so that he is to be quit of crossing with the king
on this occasion and for having his scutage from half a knight’s fee he holds of the
king, has similar letters directed to the sheriffs of Oxfordshire,
Gloucestershire
and
Somerset
.

1.

Corrected from ‘Geoffrey’.

320

For John fitz
Geoffrey. The king has granted to John fitz Geoffrey that, of the 100 m. which he still owes of the fine of 300 m. that he made
with the king for having seisin of his lands, he
may render 25 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year, 25 m. at Easter in the
fourteenth year, 50 m. at Michaelmas in the same year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer
to cause it to be done and enrolled thus.

321

Fines
of the men of the
honour of Wallingford
. To the
keeper of the
honour of Wallingford
. Henry de Porta has made fine with the king by one mark, so that he is to be quit of crossing with the king on
this occasion in the king’s first crossing that he is ready to make after Michaelmas
in the thirteenth year, and for having his
scutage from the fifth part of a knight’s fee
he holds of the king in chief of the honour of Wallingford, namely 3 m. per shield for
the king’s army against the aforesaid crossing. Order
to permit him to have peace from the aforesaid crossing, making him have his scutage
from the aforesaid fifth part, as aforesaid.

322

Fines
of the men of the
honour of Wallingford
. It is written in the same manner to the same keeper for:

Ralph Dayrel, who made fine with the
king by 3 m., so that he is to be quit of crossing with the king, and for having
scutage from half a knight’s fee that he holds of the king in chief of the honour
of Wallingford.Milo de Merleya, who made fine with the king by 2 m., so that
he is to be quit etc., and for having his scutage from the fourth part of a
knight’s fee that he holds of the king of the same honour.John le Brun, who made fine with the
king by 5 m., so that he is to be quit etc., and for having his scutage from half
a knight’s fee and the sixth part of two parts of a knight’s fee etc. of the same
honour.John de la
[Lune], who made fine with the king by 20 s., so that
he is to be quit etc., and for having his scutage from the fifth part of a
knight’s fee as above of the same honour.Robert of Harpsden, who made fine by £10 etc., and for having
his scutage from three knights’ fees that he holds of the king of the same honour.Robert de Druval, who made fine by one mark etc., and for having
his scutage from the fourth part of a knight’s fee etc. of the same honour.Elias of Wheatfield, who made fine by 2 m. etc., as above, and
for having his scutage from the fourth part of a knight’s fee etc. of the same
honour.Richard de Rouen, who made fine by one mark etc., so that he is to
be quit as above, and for having his scutage from the fifth part of a knight’s fee
etc. of the same honour.Hervey Malet, who made fine by 100s.
as above, and for having his scutage from the 1½ knights’ fees etc. of the same
honour.Henry Bernard who made fine by one
mark etc., as above, and for having his scutage from the fifth part of a knight’s
fee etc. of the same honour.Roger of Saunderton, who made fine by 100s. as above, and for
having his scutage from one knight’s fee that he holds of the king of the honour
of Wallingford.Ralph of Weedon, who made fine by 100s. for the same, and for
having his scutage from one knight’s fee and the sixth part of two parts of a fee
of the same honour.Robert of Burghfield, who made fine by one mark for the same,
and for having his scutage from the fifth part of a knight’s fee of the same
honour.Robert of Burnby, who made fine by 4 m. for the same, and for
having his scutage from half a knight’s fee and the sixth part of two parts of a
knight’s fee of the same honour.Robert de Valognes, who made fine by 10 m. for the
same, and for having his scutage from two knights’ fees that he holds of the same
honour.Roald son of Alan, who made fine
by 2 m. for the same, and for having his scutage from half a knight’s fee of the
same honour.Milo Neirunt, who made fine by 12 m.
for the same, and for having his scutage from two knights’ fees etc. of the same
honour.William of Hedsor, who made fine by 60s. for the same, and for
having his scutage from a knight’s fee etc. of the same honour.William Carbunel, who made fine by
5 m. for the same, and for having his scutage from a knight’s fee etc. of the same
honour.Ralph de Auvers who made fine by 100s. for the same, and for
having his scutage from two knights’ fees etc. of the same honour.Phillip of Wymondley, who made fine by one mark for the same, and
for having his scutage from the fourth part of a knight’s fee etc. of the same
honour.Thomas of Kingston, who made fine by one mark for the same, and
for having his scutage from the fifth part of a knight’s fee etc. of the same
honour.Aymer of Sulham, who made fine by 20 m. so that he is to be quit
of crossing on this occasion, and for having his scutage from four knights’ fees
that he holds of the honour of Wallingford.Richard Foliot, who made fine by 10
m. so that he is to be quit of crossing, and lest he
be made a knight on this occasion, and for having his scutage from two
knights’ fees that he holds of the same honour.Henry Foliot, who made fine by 30 m.
so that he is to be quit of crossing, and for having his scutage from two knights’
fees that he holds of the honour of Wallingford, and from three knights’ fees that
the heir of Robert son of Aymer, who is in his custody by the king’s order, holds of
the same honour.Humphrey Vis of Lynn, who made fine by 10 m. so that he is to be quit of
crossing, and for having his scutage from one knight’s fee that he holds of the
same honour.William son of Elias, who
made fine by 5 m. so that he is to be quit of crossing, and for having his scutage
from one knight’s fee that he holds of the same honour.Thomas Crook, who made fine by £10 so
that he is to be quit etc. of crossing, and for having his scutage from four
knights’ fees that he holds of the same honour.

323

30 Sept.
London. For Hugh de Gournay. To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has granted to Hugh de Gournay that he may
render 20 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and 5 m. at Easter in the
fourteenth year of the 25 m. of which he ought to have rendered 10 m. at the
Exchequer at Easter in the thirteenth year and 15 m. at Michaelmas in the same year.
Order to cause this to be done and enrolled
thus, and that Hugh is not to be molested because he did not observe the aforesaid terms.

324

[No date].
For Aymer de Noers. Aymer de Noers has made fine with the king by 5 m., so that the
wood of Gayhurst
, which he previously enclosed by licence of the
king, is in future to remain a park
and is to be quit of regard and of other things,
as is contained in his charter that he has for it.

325

[No date].
For Margaret de Redvers. Margaret de Redvers has made fine with the king by 200 m., so that she is to be quit of sending knights with the
king at his passage in the thirteenth year, and
for having her scutage from the knights’ fees
that she holds of the king in chief, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army at the
aforesaid passage, and so that she shall not be
compelled to marry for as long as she wishes to live without a husband, and if
she will wish to marry, she is to marry by her will on condition that she does not
marry enemies of the king.1

1.

The clause concerning enemies of the king may have
been added later as it is squeezed in before the next entry.

326

30 Sept.
Westminster. Concerning respite of a
demand. Order to the sheriff of Shropshire to place in respite the demand of 7 m. that he
makes by summons of the Exchequer from the men of
Stretton, which they say they paid to
R. earl of Chester and Lincoln
when he had the custody of the counties of Shropshire and Staffordshire, until the king, having
inquired into the truth, can establish whether they paid those 7 m. to the same earl
or not.

327

[No date].
For the abbot of
Peterborough
. The abbot of
Peterborough
has made fine with the king by 220 m., so that he is to be quit of his service at this passage of the
king, and for having his scutage from the knight’s fee he holds of the king in chief.

328

[No date].
For the abbot of
Tavistock
. The abbot of
Tavistock
, who holds 15 knights’ fees of
the king, has made fine by 50 m. for the same.

329

[No date].
For the abbot of
Hyde
. The abbot of
Hyde
, who holds 20 knights’ fees of
the king, has made fine by 80 m. for the same.

330

[No date].
For the countess. The countess of Oxford, who holds 50 knights’
fees of the king, has made fine by £120 for the same.

331

[No date].
For Ralph Pirot. Ralph Pirot,
who holds three knights’ fees of the king has made
fine by 15 m. for the same, and so that he is not
distrained to make himself a knight.

Membrane 4d.

332

26 Sept.
London. Because on the other part of this roll. William son of Elias has made fine
with the king by 5 m., so that he is to be quit on
this occasion of crossing with the king in his crossing in this, the thirteenth,
year, and for having his scutage from the
knight’s fee he holds of the king in chief of the
honour of Wallingford
, namely 3 m. per shield for the king’s army against the aforesaid crossing. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire to permit him to have peace from the
aforesaid crossing and cause him to have his scutage from the aforesaid fee, as
aforesaid.1

1.

Entry cancelled because on the other part of this roll.

Membrane 3

[No date].
Hampshire. William de Brikeville gives the king 100s. for having his confirmation of land in Bentley that he has of the gift of William Archer by his charter, and so that he is quit of passage
at this passage of the king and of the service pertaining to that land, which he
holds by sergeanty.

334

2 Oct.
Westminster. For Thomas Corbet. The king has given respite to Thomas Corbet of Hadley from making himself a knight on this occasion
and from crossing with the king in this
crossing, saving his scutage to the king from
the fees that he holds of him in chief. Order to the sheriff of Staffordshire to permit him to have peace both from his
knighting (de milicia sua) and the crossing.

335

[No date].
For the abbot of
Ramsey
. The abbot of
Ramsey
, who holds four knights’ fees of
the king, has made fine with the king by 50 m. for the
passage and the scutage.

336

[No date].
For the abbot of
St. Edmunds
. The
abbey of St. Edmunds
, which holds forty knights’ fees of the king,
gives the king 140 m. for the same.

337

[No date].
Gilbert Talbot. Gilbert Talbot of Hertfordshire1 has made fine with the king
by 10 m. for the same and holds one knight’s fee of
the king.

1.

Recte ‘Herefordshire’.

338

[No date].
For William de Neville. William de Neville, who holds 6½ knights’
fees and the third part of half a knight’s fee of the king, has made fine with
the king by 40 m. for the same.

339

[No date].
For Robert de Salcey. Robert de Salcey, who holds a knight’s
fee of the king, has made fine with the king by 10 m. for the same.

340

[No date].
For Ralph de Rodes. Ralph de Rodes, who holds two knights’
fees of the king, has made fine with the king by 50 m. for the same.

341

[No date].
Essex. Robert of Boreham, who holds a knight’s
fee of the king, has made fine with the king by £10 for the same.

342

[No date].
Bedfordshire. Hugh of Pavenham has made fine with the king by 5
m. for the same and he holds the fifth part of a knight’s fee of the king, and so that he is not to be a knight on this
occasion.

343

[No date].
Bedfordshire. William son of Robert, who
holds the fifth part of a knight’s fee of the king,
has made fine with the king by 40s. for the same, and
lest he is made a knight on this occasion.

344

30 Sept.
Westminster. For Hugh of Haddenham. Hugh of Haddenham has made fine with the king by 20 m., so that he is to be quit of being made a knight at
present and from crossing with the king on this
occasion, and for having his scutage from the
knight’s fee he holds of him in chief,
namely 3 m. per shield etc. at the king’s first crossing. Order to the sheriff of Buckinghamshire not to distrain Hugh to make himself a
knight or to cross, and to cause him to have his scutage from the knight’s fee
he holds of the king in chief, namely 3 m. per shield, as aforesaid.

345

It is written in the same manner to the sheriffs of Middlesex,
Surrey
and
Hampshire
for the same.

346

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for Ralph
de Frescheville, who
holds 15 knights’ fees of the king and has made fine by 60 m. so that he is to be quit
on this occasion, as in the last writ above, of all things.

347

[No date].
Kent. Thomas de Camville gives the king 20 m. so that he is quit on this occasion of the king’s passage and
for having his scutage from the knights’ fees that are held of him in chief.

348

[No date].
Hugh of Boxted, who holds one fee of the king, gives the king 3 m.
for the same.

349

[No date].
Ralph of
Rochester is quit of this
passage by his scutage to the king’s use, because
he is blind.

350

[No date].
Ralph Hareng gives the king 5 m. so that he is to be quit of passage and for having his scutage from the third part of a knight’s fee.

351

[No date].
The abbot of
Waltham
has made fine with the king by 15 m. for enclosing the woods of Nazeing and Epping, so that wild animals can enter and exit.

352

[No date].
Boulogne
. John de Blendet gives 2½ m. so that
he is to be quit of passage and for having his
scutage from half a knight’s fee.

353

[No date].
Boulogne
. Phillip, son of Ascelin of Abington, holds a knight’s fee from the king and has made fine by 5 m. for passage and scutage.

354

[No date].
Boulogne
. William de Criketot holds a knight’s fee and has made fine by 10 m. for the same.

355

[No date].
Oxfordshire. John of
Bassingbourn, keeper of
William de Dive, gives 40s. for the third part of two knights’ fees1 for the same.

1.

This appears to be a correction from
‘one knight’s fee’.

356

[No date].
Herefordshire. John de Ballon holds a knight’s fee
and has made fine by 40 m. for the same.

357

[No date].
Oxfordshire. Margaret de Druval, who holds two fees, gives 100s. for the same.

358

[No date].
Essex. Nicholas de Beauchamp, who holds two knights’ fees, has made fine by 15 m. for the same.

359

[No date].
Wiltshire. The abbess of
Wilton
, who holds five knights’ fees, has
made fine by 30 m. for the same.

360

[No date].
Northamptonshire. Nicholas of Bassingbourn, who holds one knight’s fee, has made fine by 10 m. for the same.

361

[No date].
Devon. William de Barling’, who holds one knight’s fee, gives 5 m. for passage and scutage.

362

[No date].
Huntingdonshire. Rose de Luvetot, who holds the third part of ten knights’ fees, gives 10 m. for the same.

363

[No date].
Gloucestershire. Richard of Gloucester, who holds one fee, 6 m. for the same.

364

[No date].
Berkshire. Gilbert de Marsh, who holds one knight’s fee, 4 m. for the same, because he is poor.

365

[No date].
Surrey. Eustace of Ash, 5 m. for the same.

366

[No date].
Hampshire. Henry de Pont-Audemer, who holds two parts of a knight, gives 3 m. for the same.

367

The king has taken the homage of John de Vernay for the land that Ralph de Vernay, his
father, held from the king in chief of the
honour of Wallingford
and that falls to John by hereditary right. Order to the
keeper of the same honour
that, having accepted security from John for as much of his relief as pertains to that land, he is to cause him to have full seisin without delay of all of the aforesaid
land.

368

5 Oct.
Westminster.
The king has pardoned 15 m. of the 40 m. which are
exacted from the abbot of
Hyde
by summons of the Exchequer
for the scutage of the army of Montgomery, in which the abbot had four
sergeants at his costs, for the expenses that he
incurred in sustaining the aforesaid four sergeants, so that the abbot answers the
king for the remaining 25 m. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause the abbot to be quit of the aforesaid 15 m., saving the
remaining 25 m. to the king, as aforesaid.

369

Order to the sheriff of Devon to place in respite, until 15 days from St. Denis in the
thirteenth year,1
the demand he makes by summons of the Exchequer from the abbot of
Tewkesbury
by summons for falling into the [king’s] mercy before Jordan Oliver and his associates assigned to take
the assize of darrein presentment between
William de Campo Bernulfo, claimant,
and the abbot of
Forde
, defendant, concerning the churches of Bickington
and Umberleigh.

1.

Corrected from ‘15 days from Michaelmas’.

370

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Worcestershire, concerning placing in respite until the
same term the mercy into which the same abbot fell before the justices of the forest in their last eyre in his county.

371

[No date].
Geoffrey Chamberlain gives the king
two palfreys
for taking two assizes of mort d’ancestor before four
justices, namely one in Wiltshire
concerning the moiety of the manor of
Compton and the other
in Bedfordshire concerning two carucates of
land in Dunton. Order to the sheriff of Wiltshire to take etc.
for both palfreys. Memorandum that he gives
these two palfreys for having writs and so that
William Brewer, his adversary, who holds
that land, will in no way seek to impede these assizes.

372

The king has committed to Drogo de Trubleville, canon of Rouen, the lands that the archbishop of Rouen, who is dead, had in
Hampshire, to keep for as long as it
pleases the king, so that he answers for the
issues of the same lands at the Exchequer. Order to the sheriff of Hampshire to cause Drogo to have
full seisin of all of the aforesaid lands, as aforesaid.

Entered in a different hand immediately
after the end of the preceding entry on the right-hand edge of the membrane.

374

[No date].
Warwickshire. The prior of
Coventry
gives the king 35 m. for fine of
passage and for having his scutage from ten
knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief.

375

[No date].
Wallingford. Jordan de Arches gives 40 m. for the same and so that he be not made a knight, to be accounted within the fine
of William de Arches, his father.

376

[No date].
Roger son of Nicholas, who
holds half a knight’s fee, 5 m. for scutage and passage.

377

[No date].
Albreda
Marmion is quit of passage by her scutage of one fee.

378

[No date].
Richard of Durnford, who has custody of
Robert Doynel, 2 m. for the service
of one hauberk for the fine of passage.

379

[No date].
Simon of Grimblethorpe, who holds one knight’s fee, 5 m. for scutage and passage and not to be
made a knight.

380

[No date].
Adam de Periton, who holds one knight’s
fee, 100s. for scutage and passage.

381

[No date].
Roger de Chauncy, who holds five knights’ fees, 20 m. for the same.

382

[No date].
Robert de Ashby, who holds three fees, £10 for the same.

383

5 Oct.
Westminster. Order to the prior of
Bromholm
to cause the amercements of his
men of Bromholm, in which they were amerced for false measures when the king was
last at Bromholm, to be rendered to the king, lest by his default the king ought to
apply his hand more severely.

384

[No date].
Cambridgeshire. Hugh Malebisse gives £101 for the fine of passage and
for having his scutage from one knight’s fee and the fourth part of one knight’s fee.

1.

Corrected
from ‘10 m.’

385

[No date].
Essex. Concerning the
honour of Boulogne
. Sibyl de Caunne, who holds the fourth part of a knight’s fee, gives 5 m. for passage and scutage.

386

[No date].
Nottinghamshire. Roger of Mattersey, who holds three fees of the
honour of Lancaster
, gives £12 for the same.

387

[No date].
Somerset. Robert de Cultura, who holds one
fee, gives 4 m. for the same.

388

[No date].
The abbot of
Westminster
, who holds 22 knights’ fees of the
old fee, gives 100 m. for having scutage.

389

The king has committed the custody of the
castle of Bamburgh
to Brian son of Alan for as long as it pleases the
king, with its demesnes and mills of Bamburgh and its vills of Shoreston and Sunderland, in order to sustain the same castle and Newcastle upon Tyne, saving to the king
his corn from the same demesnes of this autumn in
the thirteenth year, and saving to the king his other corn if there was any there and,
similarly, the issues of the same demesnes up to Michaelmas in the same year. Order to Roger of Hodsock to cause Brian to have full seisin without delay of
the aforesaid demesnes, mills and vills, as aforesaid. He is also to cause the oxen of the
same demesnes to be valued by the view and testimony of trustworthy and law-worthy
men, to cause Brian to have them by the same value, and to cause the barons of the Exchequer to know that value. He is
also to cause the king’s granges to be viewed by
trustworthy and law-worthy men, in order that he testifies upon his account at the
Exchequer in what estate Brian will have received them.

390

[No date].
The abbot of
St. Augustine,
Canterbury
gives 60 m. for the fine of
passage and for having his scutage from the 15
knights’ fees that he holds of the king in chief.

Membrane 2

[No date].
Stephen son of Guy gives half a mark
for having a pone against
Roger de Somery, concerning land in Elmdon. Order to the sheriff of
Essex to take etc.

392

[No date].
The abbot of
St. Benet of Hulme
gives 15 m. for the fine for
passage and scutage from three knights’ fees and two fifth parts.

393

[No date].
Paulinus of Theydon gives £10 for the
fine of passage and scutage from 3½ knights’ fees.

394

[No date].
The prior of
Colchester
, who holds one knight’s fee of the
king in chief, is quit by his
scutage
.

395

[No date].
Berkshire. Alan Basset, who holds the fourth part of one
knight’s fee of the king in chief, is quit by his
scutage
.

396

[No date].
The abbot of
St. Osyth
, who holds one knight’s fee, gives
5 m. for a fine of passage and scutage.

397

[No date].
The prior of
St. Botulph
is quit by his
scutage
.

398

[No date].
Hertfordshire. The abbot of
St. Albans
gives £20 for the fine of
passage and scutage from six knights’ fees.

399

Order to the sheriff of Northamptonshire that if Robert fitz Walter finds him sufficient pledges for rendering his scutage to the king at the Exchequer at Martinmas in the fourteenth
year, then he is to cause him to have his scutage from the knights’ fees he holds of the king in chief in his bailiwick, namely 3 m. per
shield at the king’s first crossing, which he is ready to make after Michaelmas in the
thirteenth year.

400

It is written in the same manner to the sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire for the same, and to the
sheriffs of Norfolk
and Suffolk,
Cornwall
, Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire,
Middlesex
and
Kent
.

Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand they make by summons of the
Exchequer from William de Vescy for the prest made to Eustace, his father, in
Ireland, until Easter in the fourteenth
year.

416

[No date].
Mary Male Greffe, who holds one knight’s fee of the
honour of Boulogne
, will give scutage.1

1.

Corrected from ‘for
passage and scutage’.

417

[No date].
William de Gimeges, who holds one knight’s fee, 5 m. for passage and scutage.

[No date].
Derbyshire. Adam of Cridling, who holds half a knight’s fee, 40s. for the same.

433

Richard son of Richard gives the
king one mark for having four justices to take the assize of novel disseisin which he arraigned against
Henry son of Eustace and
others, concerning a tenement in Norwich.
Order to the sheriff of Norfolk to take etc.

434

Nicholas of Oxhey,1 whose homage the king has taken, has made fine with the
king by 20 m., as above, for having seisin of the
moiety of the lands formerly of Robert de Ameneville, father of
Petronilla, wife of the
aforesaid Nicholas, which fall to Petronilla by
inheritance, and so that he is to be quit of
crossing with the king on this occasion, and is
not to be made a knight at present. Order to
the sheriff of Gloucestershire that, having accepted security from
Nicholas for rendering the aforesaid 20 m. to the king, he is to cause him to have
full seisin of a moiety of the aforesaid lands formerly of Robert, father of
Petronilla, which falls to her by inheritance in his bailiwick, and to permit him to have peace from his knighthood and
the aforesaid crossing, as aforesaid.

1.

Corrected from ‘Oxford’.

435

To the barons of the Exchequer. The king has committed the county of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire to
Geoffrey de Hatfield
to keep for two years from Michaelmas in the thirteenth year,
rendering 50 m. per annum at the Exchequer for the
profit of the same county. Order to cause this
to be done and enrolled thus.

436

Order to the sheriff of Suffolk to take into
the king’s hand the land that Eva de Gray holds in Alciston by bail of
King John,
and to keep it safely until the king orders otherwise.

437

The king has committed the
manor of Corsham
to J. of Monmouth for as long as it pleases the king,
rendering £40 each year at the Exchequer. Order to the
sheriff of Wiltshire to cause him to have full seisin of that manor
with its appurtenances.

438

From here it is to be sent to the
Exchequer.

439

[No date].
Ela, countess of Salisbury, has made fine with the king, for herself and
her son, for 200 m. for the fine of passage.

440

[No date].
John Danish, who holds half a knight’s fee of the king, gives £10 for passage and scutage.

441

[No date].
W. archbishop of York gives the king £40 for passage and scutage of 20 knights’ fees that he holds of
the king.

442

[No date].
John de Caux gives 100s. for
passage and scutage of 1½ knights’ fees.

443

[No date].
The abbot of
Chertsey
gives 15 m. for passage and
scutage.

444

15 Oct.
Portsmouth.
Agnes, who was the wife of William of Southampton
, has made fine with the king by 3 m. for two
hawks, which she owed the king in the eleventh
and twelfth years from the land that she holds of the king in Baggeworth, Southampton, Winchester and
Gillingham. She has also rendered a hawk to
the king for the same land for this Michaelmas term in the thirteenth year. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause her to be quit of that hawk and, similarly, to permit her
to have peace from the aforesaid two hawks by the aforesaid 3 m.

445

[No date].
Simon de Vere, one mark, for unjust detention of the advowson of the church of Goxhill, concerning which an assize of darrein presentment was summoned before
four justices assigned to this in Lincolnshire.

446

[No date].
Suffolk. Robert de Meysey, who holds five knights of the king in chief, 20 m. for passage and scutage.

[No date].
Derbyshire. John Deyncourt, who holds half a knight’s fee, 3 m. for the same.

456

[No date].
Worcestershire. From the bishop of Worcester and the archbishops, bishops,
abbots, priors, earls, barons and free men staying within the liberty of the forests of
Horwell and Ombersley, 400 m., for having the king’s charter
to disafforest the aforesaid forests.

457

[No date].
Warwickshire. Thomas, son and heir of the
earl of
Warwick, £100 for his relief. His pledges are:

Membrane 1

Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if Roger Wascelin,
steward of P. bishop of Winchester, will give
him surety by good and safe pledges
that he will answer at the Exchequer upon his next
account for the amercements that are exacted
from the bishop’s men by summons of the Exchequer
from their amercements made in the eyre of the justices last itinerant in his county, then he
is to cause Roger and the bishop’s men to have peace in the meantime and to cause the livestock of the aforesaid men taken for
the aforesaid reason to be delivered.

461

[No date].
Lincolnshire. Ralph son of Ralph, who holds half a
fee of the king of the
honour of Brittany
, 40s. for passage and scutage.

462

[No date].
Northumberland. Hugh de Bolbec, who holds five knights’
fees of the king, 60 m. for the same.

463

[No date].
Norfolk. Randulf of Shelton, who holds three fees, £10 for the same.

464

[No date].
Oxfordshire. Hugh de Mare, who holds three parts of
one fee of the
honour of Wallingford
, 5 m. for the same.

465

[No date].
Yorkshire. Thomas de Burgh, who holds two knights’ fees, 15 m. for the same.

466

[No date].
Wiltshire. Peter de Mare, who holds three fees of the
honour of Wallingford
and one of the king in Wiltshire,1 17 m. for the same.

1.

‘Wiltshire’ interlined.

467

[No date].
Somerset. Hugh of Merriott, who holds one fee of the
honour of Mortain
and 1½ fees of the king in chief, 13 m. for the
same.

468

[No date].
Northumberland. Roger son of Ralph, who holds one
fee of the king, 100s. for the same.

469

[No date].
Somerset. William, son of John of Harptree, who holds half a fee of the king, 5 m. for the same.

470

[No date].
Lincolnshire. Ralph Paynel, who holds the fifth part
of a fee in chief, 10 m. for the same, and for having a writ of aid.

471

[No date].
Lancaster. William Butler, who holds six fees of the king, 40 m. for passage and scutage.

472

[No date].
Nottinghamshire.
Olive, who was the wife of Roger de Montbegon
, who holds 2½ fees of the king, 13 m. for the
same.

473

[No date].
Buckinghamshire. Ralph Barre, who holds one fee of the
honour of Wallingford
, 100s. for the same.

474

[No date].
Hampshire.
Robert Haget, keeper of the heir of Roger de Berneval
, who holds one fee of the king, 4 m. for the
same.

475

[No date].
Hertfordshire. Roger de Somery, who holds half a fee of the king and two fees of the
honour of Boulogne
, £10 for the same and so that he is not made a
knight.

476

[No date].
Somerset. Robert de Briwes, who holds half a fee of the
honour of Mortain
, 2 m. for the same.

477

[No date].
Derbyshire. William Basset, who holds 1½ fees of the
honour of Peverel
, 10 m. for the same.

478

[No date].
Cambridgeshire. Alan de Money, who holds the third part of a fee of the
honour of Brittany
, 2 m. for the same.

479

[No date].
Wiltshire. Matthew Wake, who holds one fee of the king, 4 m. for the same.

480

[No date].
Lincolnshire. Hugh of Wigtoft, who holds two fees
of the
honour of Brittany
, 10 m. for the same.

481

[No date].
Hampshire. Geoffrey de Luveres, who holds half a fee of the king, 2 m. for the same.

482

[No date].
Lincolnshire. William of Well, who holds three parts of one fee of the
honour of Brittany
, 5 m. for the same.

483

[No date].
Somerset. Henry Hoese of Bath, who holds one fee of
the king, 4 m. for the same.

484

[No date].
Bedfordshire. Elias de Costentin, who holds half a fee of the fee of William de Humez, 40s. for the same.

485

[No date].
Wiltshire. Richard of Grimstead, who holds one fee of the king, 5 m. for the same.

486

[No date].
Gloucestershire. John de Cotele, who holds the sixth part of one fee of the king, 20s. for the same and so that he is not made a knight.

487

[No date].
Dorset. John Pulein, who holds one fee of
Mortain
, 40s. for the same.

488

[No date].
Suffolk. Master William of Kentwell, who holds ten fees of the king, 40 m. for the same.

489

[No date].
Shropshire. William Pantulf, who holds five fees of the king, 25 m. for the same.

490

[No date].
Northumberland. Hugh of Morwick, who holds one fee
of the king, £10 for the same.

491

[No date].
Dorset. Robert Chantevilere, who holds
the fourth part of one fee of the king, 20s. for the
same.

492

[No date].
Cambridgeshire. William Red, who holds half a fee of the king of the
honour of Boulogne
, 40s. for the same and so that he is not made a
knight.

493

[No date].
Oxfordshire. Robert de Lingevere, who holds one fee of the king, 4 m. for the same.

494

[No date].
Berkshire. Robert Achard, who holds one fee of the king, 10 m. for the same.

495

[No date].
Hampshire. William de Hampton, who holds one fee of the king, 4 m. for the same.

496

[No date].
Oxfordshire. William of Alkerton, who holds three parts of a fee of the king, 40s. for the same.

497

[No date].
Lincolnshire. Alexander of Algarkirk, who holds the fourth part of a fee of the
honour of Brittany
, 20s. for the same.

498

[No date].
Worcestershire. The abbot of
Pershore
, who holds two fees of the king,
£10 for the same and for having a writ of aid.

499

[No date].
Buckinghamshire. Walter of Hartwell, who holds a fee
of the
honour of Peverel
, 5 m. for the same and so that he is not a
knight.

500

[No date].
Warwickshire. Phillippa, countess of Warwick, gives the king 100 m., so that she is not distrained to marry for as long as she will wish
to live without a husband, and that she might marry whoever she wishes, as long as
he is faithful to the king.

501

The king has granted to H. earl of
Hereford that, of that debt of which he
was bound to render 5 m. at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year and 5 m. at Easter in
the fourteenth year, he may render the aforesaid 10 m. to the king at the same term
of Easter. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled and done
thus.

502

[No date].
Suffolk. Warin son of Henry and Serena, his wife, give the king half
a mark for having a pone
against William Angod, concerning a tenement
in Wenham and in Raydon. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk etc.

503

The king has granted to John de Balliol, son
and heir of Hugh de Balliol, that he may render 40 m. per annum
at the Exchequer, as his father was accustomed to render, of the debt that he owed the king, until both that debt and the debt of 35
m. that has been newly made at the Exchequer are fully paid to the king. Order to the barons of the
Exchequer to cause it to be done and enrolled thus.

504

Order to the barons of
the Exchequer to place in respite, until the Close of Easter in the
fourteenth year, the demand of £14 and one mark that they make by summons of the Exchequer from Richard de Percy for the
chattels of Matilda, former countess of Warwick, so that it may be inquired in the meantime whether Richard was to
have those chattels, or who was to have them, and from whom the said debt ought to be exacted.

505

The king has granted to Nicholas de
St. Brigida that the
£23 which he owes to
Hamo of Hereford, Jew
, are to be allowed to the same Hamo in the debt that he owes the king, so that Nicholas is to render the same debt to the king
at the Exchequer at four terms, namely 100s. at Martinmas in the fourteenth year,
100s. at Easter next following, 100s. at St. John the Baptist next following, and £8
at Martinmas next following in the fifteenth year. Order to the justices assigned to the custody of the Jews to
allow the aforesaid money to Hamo and cause it to be
enrolled upon Nicholas, as aforesaid, causing the chirograph to be extracted from the king’s treasury.

506

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause this to be enrolled at the Exchequer.

507

[No date].
Order to the barons
of the Exchequer to place in respite, until Easter in the fourteenth year,
the demand of 3 m. that they make from John of
Earley by summons of the Exchequer for the prest of Ireland made to him.

508

Adam de Stawell has similar letters, concerning placing the 22 m. 6s. 8d. of
the prest of Ireland in respite until the same
term.

509

Order to the barons of the Exchequer to place in respite the demand of £9 that they make
by summons of the Exchequer from John son of Phillip, who is ready to set out
overseas with the king, for the arrears of the farm of Kinver, until he returns from those parts.

510

Suffolk. Robert de Briwes and Idonea, his wife, give the king one mark for having four justices to take an assize of novel
disseisin against William son of
Osbert, concerning a tenement in Blundeston. Order to the sheriff
of Suffolk to take etc.

511

[No date].
Wiltshire. Albrea de Botreaux, who holds the third part of 20 fees from the king, 200 m. for passage and scutage.

512

Order to G. of Crowcombe to cause the king’s stock in the
manor of Woodstock
to be delivered to Robert of Lexington by the view and testimony of
law-worthy men, with the corn of this autumn last
past, so that he answers the king by his hand both for
the stock and the aforesaid corn. The king has
committed the manor of Woodstock to Robert with the buildings there to keep for as
long as it pleases the king, as in the Close
Roll.1

1.

See CR 1227–31, p. 221.

513

[No date].
The king has given respite to H. of Audley from laying by the sum of his
account for the counties of Shropshire
and Staffordshire for the thirteenth year
until three weeks from Martinmas in the fourteenth year. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause him to have that respite.

514

The king has given respite, until Easter in the
fourteenth year, to William de Vescy, from the £20 he ought to
have rendered at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year of the debt by which he made fine with him, so that he is to render £40 to the king, namely £20 for the aforesaid Michaelmas
term and £20 for the aforesaid Easter term. Order to the barons of the Exchequer to cause
this to be done and enrolled thus.

515

The king has given respite to Hugh de Gournay, until Hilary in the fourteenth year, from the 10 m.
that he ought to have rendered at Michaelmas in the thirteenth year of the fine that he made with him for the debts which he owed.
Order to barons of the Exchequer to permit him to
have that respite.

516

[No date].
Order to the sheriff of Devon that [the land of] Ralph de Neville …1

1.

Entry
unfinished.

517

Order to the sheriff of Hampshire that if the prior of
Winchester
will give him surety that he will
satisfy the king upon his next account at the Exchequer for the demand he makes
by summons of the Exchequer from his men for the
amercement made in the eyre of the justices in his county,
then he is to permit them to have peace in the
meantime
.

518

[No date].
The men of Kidwelly give the king 10 m. for having his confirmation of the liberties
that they have by the charters of King Henry, grandfather of
King Henry,
grandfather of the king, and of King Richard, uncle of the
king, and King John,
father of the king, by the pledge of
William fitz Warin.